[Bilateral renal embolism during thrombolytic therapy with tissue-type plasminogen activator in a patient with thrombosis of the left ventricle].
The authors report a case of bilateral renal embolism during thrombolytic treatment in the acute phase of myocardial infarction in a 77 year old patient in whom echocardiography had shown a left ventricular thrombus. After reviewing the literature, the risk of embolic complications of thrombolytic therapy would seem difficult to evaluate because of the difficulty of diagnosis, but they exist irrespective of the type of thrombolytic agent used.
Abassade
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P
Service de cardiologie et médecine interne, hôpital Saint-Michel, Paris.
Iung
B
B
Baudouy
P Y
PY
Vuong
P N
PN
Valleteau de Moulliac
M
M
D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator
Embolie rénale bilatérale au cours d'une fibrinolyse par l'activateur tissulaire du plasminogène, chez un patient porteur d'un thrombus ventriculaire gauche.