Clinical Case Reports (Mar 2021)

Myocardial rupture after percutaneous coronary intervention of an unstable RCA lesion in myocardial infarction and concomitant stroke treated with intravenous fibrinolytic agents: A case report

  • Benjamin Bay,
  • Christoph Waldeyer,
  • Leander Rimmele,
  • Stefan Blankenberg,
  • Peter Clemmensen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3736
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 3
pp. 1223 – 1227

Abstract

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Abstract Myocardial rupture after thrombolysis is an often fatal consequence. For patients with myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke within a short timeframe, a catheter‐based therapy to retrieve emboli poses a valid therapeutic option in case of a treatment target in CT‐Angiography.

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