Successful selective intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy for embolic stroke in a patient with asplenia syndrome and unrepaired cyanotic congenital heart disease.
We report successful selective local intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy for thromboembolic occlusion of right middle cerebral artery in a patient with asplenia syndrome and unrepaired cyanotic congenital heart disease.
Higashi
Kouji
K
Department of Pediatrics, Chiba Cardiovascular Center, Chiba, Japan. kshigashi@par.odn.ne.jp
Honda
Takafumi
T
Tateno
Shigeru
S
Kawasoe
Yasutaka
Y
Niwa
Koichiro
K
Matsuda
Shinji
S
Ono
Jun-ichi
J
D000293:Adolescent; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000150:complications; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D008297:Male; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator