TY - JOUR
T1 - Cerebral embolism associated with left ventricular assist device support and successful therapy with intraarterial urokinase
AU - Kasirajan, Vigneshwar
AU - Smedira, Nicholas G.
AU - Per, John
AU - McCarthy, Patrick M.
PY - 1999/4
Y1 - 1999/4
N2 - A patient with a bioprosthetic aortic valve sustained a cerebral embolism during support with an implantable left ventricular assist device. This was lysed with intraarterial urokinase with complete resolution of the neurological deficit. Subsequently the patient underwent heart transplantation and remains neurologically intact. This case report is the first successful use of thrombolysis for cerebral embolism associated with a mechanical assist device.
AB - A patient with a bioprosthetic aortic valve sustained a cerebral embolism during support with an implantable left ventricular assist device. This was lysed with intraarterial urokinase with complete resolution of the neurological deficit. Subsequently the patient underwent heart transplantation and remains neurologically intact. This case report is the first successful use of thrombolysis for cerebral embolism associated with a mechanical assist device.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00091-0
DO - 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00091-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 10320266
AN - SCOPUS:0032943491
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 67
SP - 1148
EP - 1150
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 4
ER -
