Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-mp689 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-16T02:55:13.664Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Intracranial Aneurysm Rupture Following Intravenous Thrombolysis for Stroke

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2014

Faizal Haji*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London
Brian van Adel
Affiliation:
Division of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Diagnostic Imaging, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Michael Avery
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Joseph Megyesi
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London
G. Bryan Young
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, University of Western Ontario, London
*
University Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, Room B7-005, 339 Windermere Road, London, Ontario, N6A 5A5, Canada. Email: fhaji@uwo.ca.
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'
Type
Brief Communications
Copyright
Copyright © The Canadian Journal of Neurological 2014

References

1. Hacke, W, Kaste, M, Bluhmki, E, et al. Thrombolysis with alteplase 3 to 4.5 hours after acute ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med. 2008;359(13):131729.Google Scholar
2. Edwards, NJ, Kamel, H, Josephson, SA. The safety of intravenous thrombolysis for ischemic stroke in patients with pre-existing cerebral aneurysms: a case series and review of the literature. Stroke. 2012 Feb;43(2):4126.Google Scholar
3. Lagares, A, Gomez, P, Lobato, R, Alen, J, Campollo, J, Benito-Leon, J. Cerebral aneurysm rupture after r-tPA thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction. Surg Neurol. 1999;52:6236.Google Scholar
4. Rammos, SK, Neils, DM, Fraser, K, Klopfenstein, JD. Anterior communicating artery aneurysm rupture after intravenous thrombolysis for acute middle cerebral artery thromboembolism: case report. Neurosurgery. 2012;70(6):1603.Google Scholar
5. Aleu, A, Mellado, P, Lichy, C, Kohrmann, M, Schellinger, PD. Hemorrhagic complications after off-label thrombolysis for ischemic stroke. Stroke. 2007;18;38(2):41722.Google Scholar
6. Kim, J-T, Park, M-S, Yoon, W, Cho, K-H. Detection and significance of incidental unruptured cerebral aneurysms in patients undergoing intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke. J Neuroimaging. 2012;22(2):197200.Google Scholar
7. Alotaibi, NM, Fugate, JE, Kaufmann, TJ, Rabinstein, AA, Wijdicks, EFM, Lanzino, G. Intracranial supraclinoid ICA dissection causing cerebral infarction and subsequent subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neurocrit Care. 2013;18(2):2526.Google Scholar
8. Ferguson, GG. Physical factors in the initiation, growth, and rupture of human intracranial saccular aneurysms. J Neurosurg. 1972;37(6):66677.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
9. Desai, JA, Jin, AY, Melanson, M. IV thrombolysis in stroke from a cavernous carotid aneurysm to artery embolus. Can J Neurol Sci. 2011 Mar;38(2):3523.Google Scholar