Experiences With Intravenous Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke by Elderly Patients–A 'Real World Scenario'

Autor: Máté Héja, István Fekete, László Horváth, Sándor Márton, Klára Edit Fekete
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Neurology, Vol 12 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1664-2295
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.721337
Popis: Objectives: This retrospective single-center study aimed to investigate the risk factors, outcomes and complication rates in patients older vs. younger than 80 years treated with intravenous alteplase.Methods: Data of 1,253 thrombolysed patients were analyzed between January 1, 2004 and August 31, 2016. Vascular risk factors, stroke severity based on the NIHSS score, functional outcome using modified Rankin Scale (mRS), mortality and symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (SICH) were compared between two subgroups (
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