Cardiac rupture complicating cerebral intraarterial thrombolytic therapy

R B Singh; D A Graeb; A Fung; P Teal

Cardiac rupture complicating cerebral intraarterial thrombolytic therapy

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1997 Nov-Dec;18(10):1881-3.

Authors

R B Singh¹, D A Graeb, A Fung, P Teal

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre, British Columbia, Canada.

PMID: 9403446
PMCID: PMC8337355

Abstract

We report a case of fatal cardiac rupture occurring during intraarterial thrombolytic therapy for acute embolic stroke in a patient with recent myocardial infarction.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Cerebral Angiography
Fatal Outcome
Female
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / chemically induced*
Heart Rupture, Post-Infarction / diagnosis
Humans
Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / diagnosis
Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / drug therapy*
Pericardial Effusion / chemically induced
Pericardial Effusion / diagnosis
Risk Factors
Thrombolytic Therapy*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / administration & dosage
Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / adverse effects

Substances

Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator