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Acute Myocardial Infarction and Facial Palsy
Jordi Carratalà, XAVIER PINTO, ANTONI MARTINEZ-AMENOS
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Letters and Corrections1 December 1986Acute Myocardial Infarction and Facial PalsyJORDI CARRATALA, M.D., XAVIER PINTO, M.D., ANTONI MARTINEZ-AMENOS, M.D., Ph.D.JORDI CARRATALA, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, XAVIER PINTO, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ANTONI MARTINEZ-AMENOS, M.D., Ph.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-105-6-972_2 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: In the August issue, Kraus and Massey (1) report the association of Bell's palsy and acute myocardial infarction in three patients without finding an etiopathogenic explanation. We doubt the existence of this association because, in our opinion, Patients 1 and 2 had a disorder that could account for the origin of the Bell's palsy. These patients were hypertensive, and Patient 1 was also diabetic. Moreover, in the third patient, the facial palsy appeared 3 weeks after the acute myocardial infarction, and so it is difficult to establish a cause-and-effect relationship.The association of hypertension and facial palsy...References1. KRAUS W and MASSEY E. Idiopathic facial nerve paralysis and acute myocardial infarction [Letter]. Ann Intern Med. 1986;105:304-5. LinkGoogle Scholar2. LAVIN P and WEISSMAN B. Bell's palsy in accelerated hypertension. Postgrad Med. 1985;77:165-8. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. ADOUR K. Current concepts in neurology: diagnosis and management of facial paralysis. N Engl J Med. 1982;307:348-51. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. MARTINEZ-AMENOS A, CARRERAS L, RAMA H, ROMERO M, SARRIAS X, and ALSINA J. Tumor de células del aparato yuxtaglomerular secretor de renina. Med Clin (Barc). (In press). Google Scholar5. KUMAR S, WINEARLS C, and OWEN D. Facial palsy with severe hypertension due to renal tumour. Br Med J 1982;285:1266. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: JORDI CARRATALA, M.D.; XAVIER PINTO, M.D.; ANTONI MARTINEZ-AMENOS, M.D., Ph.D.Affiliations: Hospital de Bellvitge Barcelona 08020 Spain PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 December 1986Volume 105, Issue 6Page: 972-972KeywordsAcute myocardial infarctionHypertensionParalysis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1986 PDF downloadLoading ...