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Stroke Research and Treatment
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 735057, 3 pages
doi:10.4061/2011/735057
Case Report

Intravenous Thrombolysis of Occlusion in the Middle Cerebral and Retinal Arteries from Presumed Ventricular Myxoma

Cheung-Ter Ong1,2 and Rei-Yeuh Chang3

1Department of Neurology, Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, 539 Chung-Shao Road, Chia-Yi 60002, Taiwan
2Department of Physical Therapy, Shu Zen College of Medicine and Management, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
3Department of Cardiology, Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, 539 Chung-Shao Road, Chia-Yi 60002, Taiwan

Received 30 July 2010; Accepted 8 November 2010

Academic Editor: Halvor Naess

Copyright © 2011 Cheung-Ter Ong and Rei-Yeuh Chang. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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