Embolic stroke of undetermined source in a young female with a history of intravenous drug use
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https://doi.org/10.15273/dmj.Vol42No2.6678Abstract
Care for patients with stroke depends on individual factors, including appropriateness of administering tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), patient age, and causational factors contributing to the stroke. We present a 52-year- old patient who, due to poor intravenous access, could not receive tPA. Despite multiple investigations, no obvious mechanistic cause for her stroke could be found, and she can therefore be classified within the relatively new construct of embolic stroke of undetermined source. The implications of this on the patient‘s care are discussed, along with a brief review of the literature.
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2016-05-16
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Hayduk-Costa, G. (2016). Embolic stroke of undetermined source in a young female with a history of intravenous drug use. DALHOUSIE MEDICAL JOURNAL, 42(2). https://doi.org/10.15273/dmj.Vol42No2.6678
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