Timely neurosurgical evacuation of a streptokinase-induced intracranial hemorrhage following acute myocardial infarction resulted in a successful clinical outcome.
Case Report (n=1)
Does neurosurgical intervention improve outcomes in patients with streptokinase-induced intracranial hemorrhage following acute myocardial infarction?
Timely neurosurgical intervention can lead to successful outcomes in patients with intracranial hemorrhage complicating thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction.
Thrombolytic therapy is the modality of choice for the treatment of life threatening thrombosis in various vascular territories and nowadays, is used extensively in setting of acute myocardial infarction. There is, however, the omnipresent danger of serious bleeding inherently associated with the use of all thrombolytics which if it occurs in the brain, can lead to potentially serious neurological impairment and even death. In our report, we describe the successful surgical management of a streptokinase-induced intracranial hemorrhage. Timely neurosurgical intervention is advocated as the optimal approach for this particular side effect of thrombolytic agents.
Wani et al. (Sat,) conducted a case report in Acute myocardial infarction complicated by streptokinase-induced intracranial hemorrhage (n=1). Neurosurgical evacuation was evaluated on Successful surgical management. Timely neurosurgical evacuation of a streptokinase-induced intracranial hemorrhage following acute myocardial infarction resulted in a successful clinical outcome.