Intra-arterial thrombolysis for perioperative stroke after open heart surgery.

Katzan, I L; Masaryk, T J; Furlan, A J; Sila, C A; Perl, J; Andrefsky, J C; Cosgrove, D M; Sabik, J F et al. · Neurology · 1999

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Abstract

Recent major surgery is an exclusion criterion for thrombolysis. Six patients with acute ischemic stroke underwent intra-arterial thrombolysis after recent open heart surgery without clinically significant bleeding complications, although one patient developed a small, asymptomatic cerebellar hemorrhage. Intra-arterial thrombolysis may be an option for patients with cerebral embolism in the perioperative period.

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