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Neurological complications after thrombolytic treatment for acute myocardial infarction: emphasis on unprecedented manifestations
Author(s) -
Caramelli P.,
Mutarelli E. G.,
Caramelli B.,
Jr B. Tranchesi,
Pileggi F.,
Scaff M.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1992.tb04053.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , complication , cardiology , anesthesia , syncope (phonology) , infarction
We examined 348 patients who underwent thrombolytic treatment for acute myocardial infarction. Nine patients (2.58%) developed neurological complications related directly or indirectly to this procedure. Cerebral hemorrhage occurred in 3 patients; 2 patients had transient ischemic attacks, 1 had syncope, another had psychomotor agitation and 2 patients presented seizures during the infusion of the thrombolytic agent, without hemodynamic abnormalities. This latter feature had never been described before.