title: [Acute embolic stroke treated with rt-PA during elective coronary angiography].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ascer
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lessa
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Caldas
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Frudit
authors.forename: M de B
authors.initials: Mde B
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Baruzzi
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D010960:Plasminogen Activators; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator