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Case Reports
. 1996 Nov;14(7):663-4.
doi: 10.1016/S0735-6757(96)90084-4.

Intraventricular bleeding after the use of thrombolytics in a cocaine user

F LoVecchio  1 , L Nelson
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Intraventricular bleeding after the use of thrombolytics in a cocaine user

F LoVecchio et al. Am J Emerg Med. 1996 Nov.

Abstract

Cocaine-induced myocardial infarct is a medical emergency with increasing prevalence. The efficacy of thrombolytics in patients with cocaine-induced infarcts has not been well studied. This report describes the case of a patient who presented with presumed cocaine-induced myocardial infarct. The patient was treated with intravenous thrombolysis and developed an intraventricular bleed with herniation and death. Physicians should be aware of this grave consequence in a generally young population.

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