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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2709-7927</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Médica del Centro]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta méd centro]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2709-7927</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario Arnaldo Milián Castro]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2709-79272022000300479</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Comportamiento de los pacientes ingresados con infarto cerebral cardioembólico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Behavior of patients admitted with cardioembolic stroke]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vázquez Gómez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lázaro Aurelio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario &#8220;Arnaldo Milián Castro&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santa Clara Villa Clara]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>16</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>479</fpage>
<lpage>487</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2709-79272022000300479&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2709-79272022000300479&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2709-79272022000300479&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  el infarto cerebral cardioembólico es el que se produce como consecuencia de la oclusión de una arteria cerebral por material embólico procedente del corazón con un máximo déficit neurológico en las primeras horas de la enfermedad.  Objetivo:  describir las características clínico epidemiológicas y las formas de tratamiento de los pacientes ingresados con infarto cerebral cardioembólico en el Hospital &#8220;Arnaldo Milián Castro&#8221;.  Métodos:  se realizó un estudio observacional descriptivo transversal en el Hospital &#8220;Arnaldo Milián Castro&#8221; en el período comprendido entre enero a diciembre de 2019. La población de estudio estuvo constituida por el total de pacientes diagnosticados con infarto cerebral cardioembólico atendidos en el período de estudio y que cumplieron con los criterios de inclusión.  Resultados:  el antecedente patológico personal más frecuente fue la hipertensión arterial (81,82%), predominó la bronconeumonía (36%) como la complicación más frecuente, mientras que solo un 29% no presentó complicaciones. El mayor número de pacientes con infarto cerebral presentó frecuencias ventriculares rápidas, seguido de respuesta ventricular adecuada.  Conclusiones:  esta enfermedad se presentó mayormente en pacientes con edades entre 70 y 79 años del sexo masculino, la hipertensión arterial fue el antecedente patológico personal más frecuente, se evidenciaron deficiencias en el tratamiento de la anticoagulación oral y la bronconeumonía fue la complicación más frecuente.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  cardioembolic stroke is caused by the occlusion of a cerebral artery by embolic material coming from the heart with a maximum neurological deficit in the first hours of the disease.  Objective:  to describe the clinical and epidemiological characteristics and forms of treatment of patients admitted with cardioembolic stroke at the "Arnaldo Milián Castro" Hospital.  Methods:  a cross-sectional descriptive observational study was conducted at the &#8220;Arnaldo Milián Castro&#8221; Hospital from January to December 2019. The study population consisted of all patients diagnosed with cardioembolic stroke treated during the study period and who met the inclusion criteria.  Results:  the most frequent personal pathological history was arterial hypertension (81.82%), bronchopneumonia (36%) predominated as the most frequent complication, while only 29% had no complications. The greatest number of patients with cerebral infarction presented rapid ventricular rates, followed by adequate ventricular response.  Conclusions:  this disease occurred mostly in patients between 70 and 79 years old of male sex, arterial hypertension was the most frequent personal pathological history, deficiencies in the treatment of oral anticoagulation were evidenced, and bronchopneumonia was the most frequent complication.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[infarto cerebral cardioembólico]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[fibrilación auricular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[factores de riesgo]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[anticoagulantes orales]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cardioembolic stroke]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[stroke]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[atrial fibrillation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[risk factors]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[oral anticoagulants]]></kwd>
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