Successful treatment of basilar artery thrombosis with both heparin and tissue plasminogen activator in the setting of traumatic vertebral artery dissection

J Trauma. 2004 Dec;57(6):1335-7. doi: 10.1097/01.ta.0000145077.15084.07.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Basilar Artery*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Heparin / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Male
  • Thrombosis / drug therapy*
  • Thrombosis / etiology
  • Thrombosis / pathology
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator / therapeutic use*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vertebral Artery Dissection / complications*
  • Vertebral Artery Dissection / pathology

Substances

  • Fibrinolytic Agents
  • Heparin
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator