These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Intravenous thrombolysis is unsafe in stroke due to infective endocarditis.
    Author: Brownlee WJ, Anderson NE, Barber PA.
    Journal: Intern Med J; 2014 Feb; 44(2):195-7. PubMed ID: 24528816.
    Abstract:
    Embolic stroke is the most common neurological complication of infective endocarditis and a major source of morbidity and mortality. Septic embolism is considered a contraindication to intravenous thrombolysis in patients with ischaemic stroke because of concerns over an increased risk of intracranial haemorrhage. We describe a patient with occult endocarditis who was treated with thrombolysis for acute stroke and review other cases reported in the literature.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]