ACUTE EMBOLIC CAROTID OCCLUSION AFTER CARDIAC-CATHETERIZATION - EFFECT OF LOCAL INTRAARTERIAL UROKINASE THROMBOLYSIS

Authors
SZTAJZEL J RUFENACHT D MEGRET M SZTAJZEL R BURGAN S RUTISHAUSER W
Citation
J. Sztajzel et al., ACUTE EMBOLIC CAROTID OCCLUSION AFTER CARDIAC-CATHETERIZATION - EFFECT OF LOCAL INTRAARTERIAL UROKINASE THROMBOLYSIS, The Journal of invasive cardiology, 7(9), 1995, pp. 277-282
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The Journal of invasive cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10423931
Volume
7
Issue
9
Year of publication
1995
Pages
277 - 282
Database
ISI
SICI code
1042-3931(1995)7:9<277:AECOAC>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
A 64-year-old woman developed a severe embolic cerebral attack with to tal left hemiplegia approximately 30 hours after cardiac catheterizati on for mitral stenosis. She underwent intra-arterial thrombolysis of t he right internal carotid artery four and one-half hours after the ons et of neurologic deficit with subsequent recanalization of the occlude d vessel and near complete neurologic recovery.