[Acute embolic stroke treated with rt-PA during elective coronary angiography].
A 56-year-old female with unstable angina, presented an acute embolic ischaemic stroke of right medium cerebral artery during elective coronary angiography. Complete patency was achieved after an intraarterial infusion of rt-PA (60mg/60min) with important functional improvement.
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Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo.
Lessa
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Caldas
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Frudit
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Pereira
M de B
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Baruzzi
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D000208:Acute Disease; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002932:Cineangiography; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010960:Plasminogen Activators / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D010960:Plasminogen Activators; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator