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Hemopericardium and Cardiac Tamponade after Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Neurol 50:1857-1859, Kasner,S.E.,et al, 1998
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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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adverse drug reaction
cardiac tamponade
cerebrovascular accident,thrombolytic agents in treatment
echocardiogram
fibrinolytic agents
fibrinolytic agents,complications
hemopericardium
hypotension,systemic
myocardial infarction
tissue plasminogen activator,intravenous

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