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Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients With Cardiac Thrombus Neurol 57:2122-2125, Derex,L.,et al, 2001 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract The authors describe the outcome of five patients with a cardiac thrombus selected among 183 patients with stroke (2.7 %) who were given IV tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). No early systemic or cerebral embolism occurred. Two patients m ade a complete recovery at 3 months. Two patients had a moderate outcome. One patient had late recurrent cerebral embolism and died. These data suggest that the presence of a cardiac thrombus is not associated with a high risk of recurrent embolism in patients with stroke who are giving IV tPA.

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