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Thrombolysis in recurrent stroke-beyond guidelines: a case report.

Suman Kushwaha¹, Seema Malik¹, Garima Sarraf¹

¹Department of Neurology, Institute of Human Behaviour & Allied Sciences, Delhi, India.

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases : the Official Journal of National Stroke Association

|August 5, 2014

Summary

Intravenous thrombolysis successfully treated a young patient with recurrent stroke, even with a recent prior stroke. This case highlights potential benefits for stroke patients previously excluded from treatment protocols.

Keywords:

Recurrent stroke hemiparesis ischemia thrombolysis tissue plasminogen activator

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Area of Science:

Neurology
Emergency Medicine
Thrombolytic Therapy

Background:

Intravenous thrombolysis with tissue plasminogen activator is a standard treatment for acute ischemic stroke within 4.5 hours.
Current protocols often exclude patients with prior or recurrent strokes, limiting therapeutic options.
Recurrent strokes in young adults present unique management challenges.

Observation:

A 35-year-old male presented with symptoms of a recurrent posterior circulation stroke.
He had a documented stroke 5 days prior.
On presentation, he developed new right hemiparesis and dysarthria, indicating a new ischemic event.

Findings:

The patient received intravenous tissue plasminogen activator within 2 hours of symptom onset.
Despite a recent prior stroke, the patient showed significant improvement following thrombolysis.
This case demonstrates successful thrombolysis in a patient with a complex stroke history.

Implications:

Successful thrombolysis in this case challenges existing exclusion criteria for stroke patients with prior events.
This finding suggests that carefully selected patients with recurrent strokes may benefit from timely thrombolytic therapy.
Further research is warranted to evaluate the safety and efficacy of thrombolysis in patients with recent prior strokes.