Intravenous thrombolytic treatment of acute ischemic stroke associated with left atrial myxoma: a case report.
There are few data available regarding the safety or efficacy of thrombolysis of acute ischemic stroke secondary to myxoma. We present a patient treated with intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator who developed hemorrhage remote from the location of ischemic stroke. Intra-arterial local thrombolysis may be a preferable alternative because of greater risk of hemorrhage from occult tumor emboli or microaneurysms in these patients.
Chong
Ji Y
JY
Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
Vraniak
Peter
P
Etienne
Mill
M
Sherman
David
D
Elkind
Mitchell S V
MS