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Intra-arterial thrombolysis for perioperative stroke after open heart surgery

1999; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 52; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1212/wnl.52.5.1081

1526-632X

Irene Katzan, Thomas J. Masaryk, A J Furlan, Cathy Sila, John Perl, John Andrefsky, Delos M. Cosgrove, Joseph F. Sabik, Patrick M. McCarthy,

Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases

Article abstract Recent major surgery is an exclusion criterion for thrombolysis. Six patients with acute ischemic stroke underwent intra-arterial thrombolysis after recent open heart surgery without clinically significant bleeding complications, although one patient developed a small, asymptomatic cerebellar hemorrhage. Intra-arterial thrombolysis may be an option for patients with cerebral embolism in the perioperative period.