Massive Pulmonary Thromboembolism and Stroke
| Autor: | Poobalan Naidoo, Richard Hift |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Medicine, Vol 2011 (2011) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1687-9627 1687-9635 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2011/398571 |
| Popis: | A 38-year-old HIV-positive female, recently started on antiretroviral therapy, presented in extremis. She had features suggestive of an HIV-associated cardiomyopathy complicated by the following problems: a four-day-old stroke, extensive deep venous thrombosis, and massive pulmonary embolism. She received intravenous streptokinase with rapid improvement, both haemodynamically and, unexpectedly, neurologically. Our case illustrates that a positive outcome is potentially possible where the two conditions coincide. |
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