BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Stroke is one of the most common neurological manifestations of infective endocarditis. The use of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) in the management of acute ischemic stroke is the accepted standard of practice. Current guidelines for intravenous (IV) t-PA therapy in acute ischemic stroke do not exclude patients with infective endocarditis. We present three patients who received IV t-PA for acute ischemic stroke in the setting of infective endocarditis and developed multifocal intracranial hemorrhage as a complication. CONCLUSION: Infective endocarditis related strokes are associated with a higher risk of hemorrhagic complications and our experience suggests that IV t-PA use may potentiate that risk.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Stroke is one of the most common neurological manifestations of infective endocarditis. The use of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) in the management of acute ischemic stroke is the accepted standard of practice. Current guidelines for intravenous (IV) t-PA therapy in acute ischemic stroke do not exclude patients with infective endocarditis. We present three patients who received IV t-PA for acute ischemic stroke in the setting of infective endocarditis and developed multifocal intracranial hemorrhage as a complication. CONCLUSION:Infective endocarditis related strokes are associated with a higher risk of hemorrhagic complications and our experience suggests that IV t-PA use may potentiate that risk.
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