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Simultaneous heart attack and stroke: what's the cause? Show summary
A patient came into the ER with right arm numbness and was found to be having a transient ischemic attack, a type of stroke. During testing, he developed severe chest pressure, and an EKG revealed him to be having a heart attack as well. The root cause of both the stroke and heart attack was an embolism triggered by atrial fibrillation.
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