Abstract
Whether intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (r-TPA) therapy can be administered in acute ischemic stroke patients treated with novel oral anticoagulants (NOACs), including rivaroxaban, remains controversial. A 76-year-old woman with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, who had been receiving 15 mg rivaroxaban once daily, was brought to the emergency department with right-side hemiparesis and aphasia. The onset of neurological deficits occurred 8 hours after the last dose of rivaroxaban administration. The patient was diagnosed with acute ischemic stroke. Intravenous infusion of 0.6 mg/kg of r-TPA (total dose: 29 mg) was performed 9 hours and 40 minutes after the last rivaroxaban administration. During r-TPA infusion, improvement in the patient's neurological deficit was observed. The clinical picture evidently improved from with National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale 21 to 16 on completion of r-TPA treatment. Although current guidelines do not recommend administering thrombolytics in patients using NOACs with a doubtful anticoagulation status and administered within the last 24 or, even more strictly, 48 hours, this and other case studies suggest that r-TPA treatment could be considered in selected acute ischem...Continue Reading
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