Successful use of intra venous tenecteplase for acute ischemic stroke in pregnancy

Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) with tenecteplase or alteplase is the standard of care in, patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS) presenting within 3–4.5 h. However here, are no established guidelines for such treatment during pregnancy. We report a case, of AIS in third trimester of pregnancy suc...

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Main Authors: Balamurugan Namasivayam, Chitra Sengodan, Lavanya Mohanasundaram, Sathya Chinna Gounder, Madunisha Sivakumar
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Published: Elsevier 2024-09-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405650224000170
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author Balamurugan Namasivayam
Chitra Sengodan
Lavanya Mohanasundaram
Sathya Chinna Gounder
Madunisha Sivakumar
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description Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) with tenecteplase or alteplase is the standard of care in, patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS) presenting within 3–4.5 h. However here, are no established guidelines for such treatment during pregnancy. We report a case, of AIS in third trimester of pregnancy successfully treated with Tenecteplase. To the, best of our knowledge, this is the first and only case of acute ischemic stroke in, pregnancy treated with Tenecteplase.
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spelling doaj-art-abde8dc106864ada8db45b1f33f5e50d2025-08-20T03:20:30ZengElseviereNeurologicalSci2405-65022024-09-013610051010.1016/j.ensci.2024.100510Successful use of intra venous tenecteplase for acute ischemic stroke in pregnancyBalamurugan Namasivayam0Chitra Sengodan1Lavanya Mohanasundaram2Sathya Chinna Gounder3Madunisha Sivakumar4Department of Neurology, SIMS Chellum Hospital, Salem, India; Corresponding author at: Consultant neurologist, SIMS chellum Hospital, 31/3C Vijayaragavachari road, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India.Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, SIMS Chellum Hospital, Salem, IndiaDepartment of Critical care, SIMS Chellum Hospital, Salem, IndiaDepartment of Radiology, SIMS Chellum Hospital, Salem, IndiaDepartment of Neurology, SIMS Chellum Hospital, Salem, IndiaIntravenous thrombolysis (IVT) with tenecteplase or alteplase is the standard of care in, patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS) presenting within 3–4.5 h. However here, are no established guidelines for such treatment during pregnancy. We report a case, of AIS in third trimester of pregnancy successfully treated with Tenecteplase. To the, best of our knowledge, this is the first and only case of acute ischemic stroke in, pregnancy treated with Tenecteplase.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405650224000170Stroke in pregnancyIntravenous thrombolysisTenecteplase
spellingShingle Balamurugan Namasivayam
Chitra Sengodan
Lavanya Mohanasundaram
Sathya Chinna Gounder
Madunisha Sivakumar
Successful use of intra venous tenecteplase for acute ischemic stroke in pregnancy
eNeurologicalSci
Stroke in pregnancy
Intravenous thrombolysis
Tenecteplase
title Successful use of intra venous tenecteplase for acute ischemic stroke in pregnancy
title_full Successful use of intra venous tenecteplase for acute ischemic stroke in pregnancy
title_fullStr Successful use of intra venous tenecteplase for acute ischemic stroke in pregnancy
title_full_unstemmed Successful use of intra venous tenecteplase for acute ischemic stroke in pregnancy
title_short Successful use of intra venous tenecteplase for acute ischemic stroke in pregnancy
title_sort successful use of intra venous tenecteplase for acute ischemic stroke in pregnancy
topic Stroke in pregnancy
Intravenous thrombolysis
Tenecteplase
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405650224000170
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