Rescue treatment with abciximab in acute ischemic stroke.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
In acute ischemic stroke, reocclusion after an initially successful thrombolysis treatment can occur and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The authors present the successful use of abciximab, a platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor inhibitor, in a patient with a thrombotic occlusion of the proximal middle cerebral artery, which was refractory to combined IV and intra-arterial thrombolysis and percutaneous intracranial balloon angioplasty.
Medical subject headings
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Anticoagulants
- Brain Ischemia
- Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments
- Stroke
- Thrombolytic Therapy