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Cardiac

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The cardiac complications of stroke include:

  • ischaemic heart disease and principally, myocardial infarction. MI is a common cause of sudden death, particularly within the first 1-2 days.

  • non-ischaemic damage to cardiac myofibres - myocytolysis

  • cardiac arrhythmias - in 31% of cases

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