Successful intravenous thrombolysis of a wake-up stroke with underlying valvular atrial fibrillation

• Main Authors: Koya Kutty, Shahedah, Ching, Soong Khoo, Wan Yahya, Wan Nur Nafisah, Ng, Chen Fei, Md Sari, Noor Ashikin, Mohd Yaakob, Mohd Naim, Osman, Syazarina Sharis, Zakaria, Rozman, Wan Zaidi, Wan Asyraf
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 2018
• Subjects: RF Otorhinolaryngology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/70141/1/70141_Successful%20intravenous%20thrombolysis.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/70141/2/70141_Successful%20intravenous%20thrombolysis_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/70141/3/70141_Successful%20intravenous%20thrombolysis_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/70141/; https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/sites/default/files/jrcpe_48_3_shahedah.pdf

A 42-year-old female admitted with new-onset atrial fibrillation had a wake-up stroke on the high-dependency unit and the time last seen well (TLSW) was 6.5 h. She suffered left-sided body weakness and her National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score was 17. An emergency CT perfusion sho...