Thrombolytic therapy in a patient with acute ischemic stroke caused by aortic dissection.
The current medical literature indicates a poor outcome in patients with ischemic stroke in the presence of aortic dissection, especially in those who underwent thrombolytic therapy. We report a favorable outcome in a patient with acute stroke who received rt-PA and was later found to have Stanford type A aortic dissection.
Noel
Michelle
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Department of Neurology, Grandview Medical Center, 405 W. Grand Ave., Dayton, OH 45405, USA. michellenoel 2003@yahoo.com
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Jody
J
Farooq
Muhammad U
MU
D000208:Acute Disease; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D020521:Stroke / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy / Q000379:methods; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator