Safety of intravenous thrombolysis in embolic stroke by infective endocarditis
- Author:
Jin-Man Jung
;
Moon Ho Park
;
Do-Young Kwon
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- From:Neurology Asia
2013;18(2):209-211
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Ischemic stroke is a serious neurological complication of infective endocarditis. Intravenous tissue
plasminogen activator (t-PA), which has only been approved for treatment of hyperacute stroke, has
been excluded as an ischemic stroke treatment due to infective endocarditis according to current expert
consensus guidelines. Here, we describe a case of a hyperacute stroke patient treated with intravenous
t-PA, who was later diagnosed with infective endocarditis.
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