Why the study?
Does intravenous rtPA for ischemic stroke cause embolic myocardial infarction?
Does intravenous rtPA for ischemic stroke cause embolic myocardial infarction?
Embolic myocardial infarction is a rare but serious potential complication of systemic thrombolysis with rtPA for ischemic stroke.
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May signal rare embolic MI risk during rtPA for stroke; hypothesis-generating and leaves causal link open.
Fitzek et al. (2015) studied this question.
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