Open AccessFatal intracerebral hemorrhage following thrombolytic therapy of embolic myocardial infarction in unsuspected infective endocarditis
Author(s) -
Di Salvo Thomas G.,
Tatter Stephen B.,
O'Gara Patrick T.,
Nielsen Gunnlaugur P.,
Desanctis Roman W.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960170613
Subject(s) - medicine , infective endocarditis , myocardial infarction , embolism , cardiology , intracerebral hemorrhage , cerebral embolism , endocarditis , cerebral infarction , infarction , surgery , ischemia , subarachnoid hemorrhage
Cerebral hemorrhage occurs in 0.2% of patients under the age of 60 years treated with thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction. A case of fatal cerebral hemorrhage following TPA therapy for myocardial infarction due to probable coronary artery embolism during unsuspected native valve infective endocarditis is reported.