Thrombolytic therapy for acute extra-cranial artery dissection: report of two cases

Extra-cranial arterial dissection accounts for 10% of strokes in young people. Information on safety of thrombolytic administration in this group is limited. The literature, however, does not favor use of thrombolytics for myocardial ischemia when peripheral arterial dissection coexists. Based on th...

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Main Authors: Osama O. Zaidat, Jose Americo M. Fernandes Filho, Gurwant Singh, Jose I. Suarez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2001-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2001000600018&tlng=en
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