Thromboembolic stroke complicating coronary intervention: Acute evaluation and management in the cardiac catheterization laboratory

✍ Scribed by Sandoval, Anthony E. ;Laufer, Nathan

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 102 KB
• Volume: 44
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0098-6569
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199808)44:4<412::aid-ccd10>3.0.co;2-k

✦ Synopsis

A 68-yr-old female developed an acute embolic cerebrovascular event during a coronary bypass graft angioplasty. The patient was treated with microcatheter-directed, intra-arterial thrombolysis. The technique and a review of the literature for thrombolysis in cerebrovascular ischemic events are included.