Spinal Epidural Hematoma Secondary to Tenecteplase for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the Setting of Trauma and Cervical Endplate FractureNovel Teaching Points

A 78-year-old woman presented with an inferior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in the setting of a fall resulting in facial trauma causing an unrecognized C6 cervical endplate fracture. After administration of tenecteplase, she developed a spinal epidural hematoma requiring intubation for...

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Main Authors: Christopher J. Parr, MD, Weiang Yan, MD, Olga Toleva, MD, John Ducas, MD, Philip J. Garber, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:CJC Open
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589790X19300794