Safe and Effective Intravenous Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke Caused by Left Atrial Myxoma

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 398-402

  Nagy, Christian D ^a   Levy, Michael ^a   Mulhearn IV, Thomas J ^b   Shapland, Maryam ^a   Sun, Henry ^a   Yuh, David D ^a   Cheung, Dickson ^a   Chandra Strobos, Nisha ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial myxoma; recombinant tissue plasminogen activator; Stroke; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIAL NERVE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYXOMA; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 69149105422     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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