BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The most common presentation of ischemic stroke related to pregnancy is arterial occlusion, occurring during the third trimester or postpartum. The authors present the first successful administration of intra-arterial cerebral tissue plasminogen activator to treat an embolic cerebral vascular accident in a 37-week parturient resulting in complete recovery of neurological function. METHODS: The patient presented with left hemiplegia, left-sided neglect, and aphasia. Right internal carotid artery cerebral angiogram showed occlusion of the mid-M1 segment of the middle cerebral artery (MCA). After 15 mg of tissue plasminogen activator was administered via intra-arterial route, there was greatly improved retrograde flow through the posterior communication artery and the MCA territory. RESULTS: A reduction in size of the MCA occlusion was noted with improvement of antegrade flow through the MCA. Three days after the procedure, the patient was induced successfully and delivered a healthy infant vaginally. CONCLUSIONS: This report describes the use of intra-arterial tissue plasminogen activator in the setting of stroke in late pregnancy.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The most common presentation of ischemic stroke related to pregnancy is arterial occlusion, occurring during the third trimester or postpartum. The authors present the first successful administration of intra-arterial cerebral tissue plasminogen activator to treat an embolic cerebral vascular accident in a 37-week parturient resulting in complete recovery of neurological function. METHODS: The patient presented with left hemiplegia, left-sided neglect, and aphasia. Right internal carotid artery cerebral angiogram showed occlusion of the mid-M1 segment of the middle cerebral artery (MCA). After 15 mg of tissue plasminogen activator was administered via intra-arterial route, there was greatly improved retrograde flow through the posterior communication artery and the MCA territory. RESULTS: A reduction in size of the MCA occlusion was noted with improvement of antegrade flow through the MCA. Three days after the procedure, the patient was induced successfully and delivered a healthy infant vaginally. CONCLUSIONS: This report describes the use of intra-arterial tissue plasminogen activator in the setting of stroke in late pregnancy.
Authors: Fumio Asakura; Hasan Yilmaz; German Abdo; Lucka Sekoranja; Diego San Millan; Luca Augsburger; Roman Sztajzel; Daniel A Ruefenacht; Fabienne Perren; Karl-Olof Lovblad; Katsuya Goto Journal: Neuroradiology Date: 2006-11-23 Impact factor: 2.804
Authors: Sanjith Aaron; N K Shyamkumar; Sunithi Alexander; P Suresh Babu; A T Prabhakar; Vinu Moses; T V Murthy; Mathew Alexander Journal: Ann Indian Acad Neurol Date: 2016 Apr-Jun Impact factor: 1.383