Massive Thromboembolism from an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm after Successful Thrombolysis for an Acute Myocardial Infarction
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53737#.VNB-ISzQrzE Author(s) Fernando Luiz de Melo Bernardi 1 , Paulo Cury Rezende 1 , Cibele Larrosa Garzillo 1 , Eduardo Gomes Lima 1 , Diogo Arantes Behling Pereira da Luz 1 , Vera Demarchi Aiello 2 , Whady Hueb 1* Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Atherosclerosis, Heart Institute of the University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil . 2 Department of Pathology, Heart Institute of the University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil . ABSTRACT Thrombolytic therapy is indicated to the treatment of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction or pulmonary embolism. Its indication should especially consider the risk of bleeding, but other complications might pose harm to patients. Although rarely reported, fibrinolysis can trigger thromboembolic phenomena from emboligenic sources such as aortic aneurysms. Clinicians should be aware of this life-threaten...