Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome after Heart Transplantation.

Author: Juhyeon KIM ¹ ; Ji Hyung PARK ; Jaeho KIM ; Hanul LEE ; Jongmok HA ; Woo Keun SEO ; Ga Yeon LEE
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1. Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Publication Type:Case Report
Keywords: Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome; Heart transplantation; Transcranial doppler sonography
MeSH: Adult; Amyloidosis; Cerebral Arteries; Consciousness; Constriction; Female; Headache; Heart Transplantation*; Heart*; Humans; Nimodipine; Seizures; Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial; Vasoconstriction*
From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2017;35(4):219-222
CountryRepublic of Korea
Language:Korean
Abstract: Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome (RCVS) is characterized by severe headaches with or without other acute neurological symptoms, and diffuse segmental constriction of cerebral arteries that resolves spontaneously within 3 months. A 44-year-old woman underwent heart transplantation due to primary amyloidosis with heart involvement. She started to have a seizure after three hours after the heart transplantation, and her consciousness was not recovered. Computed tomography and transcranial doppler sonography were used to diagnose RCVS, and contracted vessels were recovered after oral nimodipine administration.