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Rupture of a thoracic aortic aneurysm: a rare adverse reaction following systemic tissue plasminogen activator infusion

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We present a patient with rupture of a thoracic aortic aneurysm occurring after systemic infusion of tissue plasminogen activator for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke, which was successfully treated with the placement of an endovascular stent-graft.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan

    Hiromitsu Hayashi, Hiroshi Kawamata, Kazuo Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Tajima & Tatsuo Kumazaki

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  1. Hiromitsu Hayashi
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Hayashi, H., Kawamata, H., Ichikawa, K. et al. Rupture of a thoracic aortic aneurysm: a rare adverse reaction following systemic tissue plasminogen activator infusion. Heart Vessels 19, 208–211 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00380-003-0746-4

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