Aortic dissection presenting as acute ischemic stroke

Neurology. 2003 Aug 26;61(4):581-2. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000079482.95766.dc.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Aortic Aneurysm / complications*
  • Aortic Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Dissection / complications*
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortography
  • Aphasia, Wernicke / etiology
  • Brain Ischemia / etiology*
  • Brain Ischemia / pathology
  • Chest Pain / etiology
  • Contraindications
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Fibrinolytic Agents
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / etiology
  • Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulse
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Fibrinolytic Agents
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator