Acute ischemic stroke treated with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator in a patient taking dabigatran with radiographic evidence of recanalization

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 917.e5-917.e8

  Sangha, Navdeep ^a   El Khoury, Ramy ^a   Misra, Vivek ^a   Lopez, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute ischemic stroke; anticoagulant; anticoagulation; dabigatran; intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868356598     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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