Thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) is currently the
only approved therapy for acute ischemic stroke. However, intracerebral haemorrhage
(ICH) remains the most feared and devastating complication of intravenous thrombolysis
[
[1]
]. We report a case of a patient who suffered a catastrophic haemorrhage following
intravenous thrombolysis for stroke, related to previously unsuspected severe cerebral
amyloid angiopathy (CAA) found on autopsy.Keywords
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Publication history
Published online: March 26, 2015
Accepted:
March 17,
2015
Received in revised form:
March 14,
2015
Received:
February 13,
2015
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