Low-Dose vs Standard-Dose Alteplase for Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke
Author(s) -
Xia Wang,
Thompson Robinson,
TsongHai Lee,
Qiang Li,
Hisatomi Arima,
Philip M. Bath,
Laurent Billot,
Joseph P. Broderick,
Andrew M. Demchuk,
Geoffrey A. Donnan,
Jong S. Kim,
Pablo M. Lavados,
Richard I. Lindley,
Sheila Cristina Ouriques Martins,
Verónica V. Olavarría,
Jeyaraj Pandian,
Mark Parsons,
Octávio Marques PontesNeto,
Stefano Ricci,
Vijay K. Sharma,
Trung Quoc Nguyen,
JiGuang Wang,
Mark Woodward,
Craig S. Anderson,
John Chalmers
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jama neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.298
H-Index - 231
eISSN - 2168-6157
pISSN - 2168-6149
DOI - 10.1001/jamaneurol.2017.2286
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombolysis , randomization , randomized controlled trial , intracerebral hemorrhage , stroke (engine) , clinical trial , clinical endpoint , bolus (digestion) , anesthesia , surgery , myocardial infarction , glasgow coma scale , mechanical engineering , engineering
A lower dose of intravenous alteplase appears to be a safer treatment option than the standard dose, reducing the risk of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage. There is uncertainty, however, over how this effect translates into an overall clinical benefit for patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS).
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