[Endovascular treatment of cerebral thrombosis in patient on dabigatran]

Marie Louise Schmitz; Grethe Andersen; Vibeke Fink-Jensen; Claus Z Simonsen; Dorte Winther Damgaard

[Endovascular treatment of cerebral thrombosis in patient on dabigatran]

Ugeskr Laeger. 2013 Jun 3;175(23):1650-1.

[Article in Danish]

Authors

Marie Louise Schmitz¹, Grethe Andersen, Vibeke Fink-Jensen, Claus Z Simonsen, Dorte Winther Damgaard

Affiliation

¹ Neurologisk Afdeling, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Nørrebrogade 44, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. [email protected]

PMID: 23731994

Abstract

We report a case of severe acute ischaemic stroke in a patient who could not receive treatment with thrombolysis due to concomitant treatment with dabigatran (new anticoagulant drug). Endovascular treatment was the only treatment of choice. Due to well-organized prehospital logistics, including helicopter transport, the patient arrived at hospital shortly after onset of symptoms and was treated successfully with thrombectomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Antithrombins* / therapeutic use
Benzimidazoles* / therapeutic use
Cerebral Angiography / methods
Contraindications
Dabigatran
Endovascular Procedures
Humans
Intracranial Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
Intracranial Thrombosis / surgery*
Male
Thrombectomy*
Thrombolytic Therapy*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
Treatment Outcome
beta-Alanine / analogs & derivatives*
beta-Alanine / therapeutic use

Substances

Antithrombins
Benzimidazoles
beta-Alanine
Dabigatran