Open AccessReply: Thrombolysis in acute ischaemic stroke
Author(s) -
Joyce S. Balami,
Gina Hadley,
Brad A. Sutherland,
Hasneen Karbalai,
Alastair M. Buchan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
brain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.142
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1460-2156
pISSN - 0006-8950
DOI - 10.1093/brain/awu066
Subject(s) - thrombolysis , ischaemic stroke , medicine , stroke (engine) , cardiology , acute stroke , tissue plasminogen activator , ischemia , myocardial infarction , physics , thermodynamics
Sir,We thank Vidale and Agostoni (2014) for their very thoughtful suggestions as to how one might select patients that derive benefit from thrombolysis, especially in the grey areas. In the absence of randomized evidence based on metrics, patient selection does still rely very much on the art …
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