[Thrombolytic treatment in pulmonary thromboembolism in the postoperative period following heart surgery complicated by ischemic cerebrovascular attack]

L Magalhães; I Antelmi; B Caramelli; P Caramelli; M Gonçalves; J O Auler Júnior; B Tranchesi Júnior; M Scaff; G Bellotti; F Pileggi

[Thrombolytic treatment in pulmonary thromboembolism in the postoperative period following heart surgery complicated by ischemic cerebrovascular attack]

Arq Bras Cardiol. 1993 Nov;61(5):299-301.

[Article in Portuguese]

Authors

L Magalhães¹, I Antelmi, B Caramelli, P Caramelli, M Gonçalves, J O Auler Júnior, B Tranchesi Júnior, M Scaff, G Bellotti, F Pileggi

Affiliation

¹ Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas-FMUSP, São Paulo.

PMID: 8147728

Abstract

A 69 years old man with pulmonary embolism early after coronary bypass surgery complicated by ischemic stroke received thrombolytic therapy. Reperfusion of the pulmonary artery was achieved. Conversion of the ischemic stroke to hemorrhagic infarction was observed at the CT-Scan without neurological impairment.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Aged
Brain Ischemia / complications
Humans
Male
Myocardial Revascularization
Postoperative Complications / drug therapy*
Pulmonary Embolism / drug therapy*
Pulmonary Embolism / etiology
Thrombolytic Therapy*
Tissue Plasminogen Activator / therapeutic use*

Substances

Tissue Plasminogen Activator