Thrombolytic therapy for ischemic stroke secondary to paradoxical embolism in pregnancy: A case report and literature review

Neurologist

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-48

  Li, Yuebing ^a   Margraf, John ^a   Kluck, Bryan ^a   Jenny, Donna ^a   Castaldo, John ^a  

^a LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebrovascular disease; patent foramen ovale; pregnancy; pulmonary arteriovenous malformation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; ENOXAPARIN; PROTEIN S;

ADULT; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); DRUG EFFICACY; DYSARTHRIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PULMONARY ARTERY; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84855436448     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e31823d7af0     Document Type: Review

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