Clinicians should be alert to the rare complication of major arterial embolism from occult thrombus following thrombolytic therapy for myocardial infarction.
Alerts to rare embolism from aortic thrombus after thrombolysis in MI; leaves open incidence and prevention strategies.
We describe a case in which thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction resulted in a major arterial embolism from an existing aortic mural thrombus. Clinicians should be alert to this rare complication of thrombolytics, because timely diagnosis and treatment may prevent serious morbidity and mortality.
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