Why the study?
Does intravenous rt-PA cause recurrent embolization in patients with acute cardioembolic stroke and intracardiac mobile thrombi?
Population
A 45-year-old man with dilated cardiomyopathy and acute cardioembolic stroke (n=1)
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
Immediate (just after treatment)
Authors
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Intravenous rt-PA in acute cardioembolic stroke may accelerate the breakup or detachment of intracardiac mobile thrombi, leading to recurrent embolization.
Does intravenous rt-PA cause recurrent embolization in patients with acute cardioembolic stroke and intracardiac mobile thrombi?
Intravenous rt-PA in acute cardioembolic stroke may accelerate the breakup or detachment of intracardiac mobile thrombi, leading to recurrent embolization.
Yasaka et al. (1994) studied this question.