Successful Selective Intra-arterial Thrombolytic Therapy for Embolic Stroke in a Patient with Asplenia Syndrome and Unrepaired Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease

Authors: Higashi, Kouji; Honda, Takafumi¹; Tateno, Shigeru¹; Kawasoe, Yasutaka¹; Niwa, Koichiro¹; Matsuda, Shinji²; Ono, Jun-ichi³

Source: Congenital Heart Disease, Volume 1, Number 6, November/December 2006 , pp. 343-345(3)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

We report successful selective local intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy for thromboembolic occlusion of right middle cerebral artery in a patient with asplenia syndrome and unrepaired cyanotic congenital heart disease.

Keywords: Dextrocardia; Pulmonary Valve Atresia; Congestive Heart Failure

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2006.00061.x

Affiliations: 1: Departments of Pediatrics, 2: Neurology, and 3: Neurosurgery, Chiba Cardiovascular Center, Chiba, Japan

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