PMID: 9181710Sep 1, 1996Paper

Acute embolic stroke treated with rt-PA during elective coronary angiography

Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia
E AscerA C Baruzzi

Abstract

A 56-year-old female with unstable angina, presented an acute embolic ischaemic stroke of right medium cerebral artery during elective coronary angiography. Complete patency was achieved after an intraarterial infusion of rt-PA (60mg/60min) with important functional improvement.

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