Intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke in the setting of rivaroxaban use.

J Clin Neurosci

Department of Medicine and Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Grattan Street, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia.

Published: November 2014

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The risk of thrombolysis in patients taking novel anticoagulants remains unclear. We describe a patient with a large acute ischaemic stroke, who had a low calibrated anti-factor Xa level, who safely received thrombolysis 15-17 hours after standard dose rivaroxaban without subsequent intracerebral haemorrhage.

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