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- Title
Intravenous thrombolysis is unsafe in stroke due to infective endocarditis.
- Authors
Brownlee, W J; Anderson, N E; Barber, P A
- Abstract
Embolic stroke is the most common neurological complication of infective endocarditis and a major source of morbidity and mortality. Septic embolism is considered a contraindication to intravenous thrombolysis in patients with ischaemic stroke because of concerns over an increased risk of intracranial haemorrhage. We describe a patient with occult endocarditis who was treated with thrombolysis for acute stroke and review other cases reported in the literature.
- Publication
Internal medicine journal, 2014, Vol 44, Issue 2, p195
- ISSN
1445-5994
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/imj.12343