Waqas Ahmed, Uzma Bashir, Naveed Akhtar, Mumtaz Ali Shah.
Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis presenting as acute abdominal Aortic occlusion and foot drop.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak Jan ;15(1):39-40.

Systemic thromboembolism in not an infrequent complication of rheumatic mitral stenosis. We report a case of acute abdominal aortic occlusion due to rheumatic mitral stenosis, in the absence of atrial fibrillation, mimicking spinal cord compression. Systemic streptokinase given 48 hours after symptom`s onset lead to rapid and dramatic recovery with limb salvage.

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