Cerebral amyloid angiopathy and thrombolysis-related intracerebral haemorrhage
McCarron, Mark O. and Nicoll, James A.R. (2004) Cerebral amyloid angiopathy and thrombolysis-related intracerebral haemorrhage. Lancet Neurology, 3, (8), 484-492. (doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(04)00825-7).
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Description/Abstract
Intracerebral haemorrhage is a complication of thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, and ischaemic stroke. There is increasing evidence that cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), which itself can cause haemorrhage (CAAH), may be a risk factor for thrombolysis-related intracerebral haemorrhage. CAAH and thrombolysis-related intracerebral haemorrhage share some clinical features, such as predisposition to lobar or superficial regions of the brain, multiple haemorrhages, increasing frequency with age, and an association with dementia. In vitro work showed that accumulation of amyloid-β peptide causes degeneration of cells in the walls of blood vessels, affects vasoactivity, and improves proteolytic mechanisms, such as fibrinolysis, anticoagulation, and degradation of the extracellular matrix. In a mouse model of CAA there is a low haemorrhagic threshold after thrombolytic therapy compared with that in wild-type mice. To date only a small number of anecdotal clinicopathological relations have been reported; neuroimaging advances and further study of the frequency and role of CAA in patients with thrombolysis-related intracerebral haemorrhage are required.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 1474-4422 (print) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Clinical Neurosciences |
| Item ID: | 27654 |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Apr 2006 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 06:31 |
| Contributors: | McCarron, Mark O. (Author) Nicoll, James A.R. (Author) |
| Date: | 2004 |
| Status: | Published |
| Contact Email Address: | J.Nicoll@soton.ac.uk |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/27654 |
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