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Hemopericardium and Cardiac Tamponade after Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke Neurol 50:1857-1859, Kasner,S.E.,et al, 1998 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Hemorrhage is the major complication of IV recombinant tissue plasminogen activator(rt-PA)treatment for stroke.We report three patients with mild or indistinct cardiac symptoms prior to thrombolysis in whom hemodynamically significant cardiac tamponade occurred after treatment with rt-PA.Acute ischemic stroke patients may have undetected myocardial or pericardial disease that may post a risk for hemopericardium and life-threatening tamponade after treatment with rt-PA.

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