Alteplase Causing Cardiac Tamponade after Recent Cardiac Pacemaker Placement

A 56-year-old female presented to the emergency department with evolving cardiac tamponade after receiving alteplase for acute ischemic stroke. This is the first case report of cardiac tamponade from thrombolytics in the setting of recent pacemaker placement. Point-of-care ultrasound was used to mak...

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Autores principales: Warf, Corey J., Huecker, Martin R., O’Brien, Daniel J., Bertolotti, Don A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6075490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30083636
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2018.4.37825
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author Warf, Corey J.
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description A 56-year-old female presented to the emergency department with evolving cardiac tamponade after receiving alteplase for acute ischemic stroke. This is the first case report of cardiac tamponade from thrombolytics in the setting of recent pacemaker placement. Point-of-care ultrasound was used to make the diagnosis quickly and expedite the patient to the operating room where a pericardial window was performed.
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spelling pubmed-60754902018-08-06 Alteplase Causing Cardiac Tamponade after Recent Cardiac Pacemaker Placement Warf, Corey J. Huecker, Martin R. O’Brien, Daniel J. Bertolotti, Don A. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med Case Report A 56-year-old female presented to the emergency department with evolving cardiac tamponade after receiving alteplase for acute ischemic stroke. This is the first case report of cardiac tamponade from thrombolytics in the setting of recent pacemaker placement. Point-of-care ultrasound was used to make the diagnosis quickly and expedite the patient to the operating room where a pericardial window was performed. University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2018-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6075490/ /pubmed/30083636 http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2018.4.37825 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Warf et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Alteplase Causing Cardiac Tamponade after Recent Cardiac Pacemaker Placement
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