TY - JOUR AU - Habib, Rumana AU - Islam, Reezwan AU - Miah, Md Babul AU - Islam, Md Rashedul AU - Rahman, Aminur AU - Bhowmik, Nirmalendu Bikash PY - 2017/10/10 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A Case Report of Stroke in a Young Recreational Drug Abuser with Left Ventricular Apical Myxoma with Lupus Nephritis, Secondary Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Homocysteinemia JF - Bangladesh Heart Journal JA - Bangladesh Heart J VL - 32 IS - 1 SE - Case Reports DO - 10.3329/bhj.v32i1.34172 UR - https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BHJ/article/view/34172 SP - 55-61 AB - <p>In young adults 20%-47% cases of stroke is due to cardiac embolism. Cardiac Myxoma is an infrequent cause of embolic stroke in young. We are reporting a case of a ischemic stroke in a young adult of 34 years with a history of recreational drug use who was eventually diagnosed with Left Ventricular Apical Myxoma, Systemic Lupus Erythematous (SLE), Lupus Nephritis, Secondary Anti phospholipid Syndrome, Hyper homocysteinemia, and Dyslipidemia.</p><p>Bangladesh Heart Journal 2017; 32(1) : 55-61</p> ER -