Outcome of Stroke With Mild or Rapidly Improving Symptoms
Author(s) -
Krassen Nedeltchev,
Benjamin Schwegler,
Tobias Haefeli,
Caspar Brekenfeld,
Jan Gralla,
Urs Fischer,
Marcel Arnold,
Luca Remonda,
Gerhard Schroth,
Heinrich P. Mattle
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.107.482554
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombolysis , modified rankin scale , stroke (engine) , odds ratio , logistic regression , odds , surgery , ischemic stroke , ischemia , myocardial infarction , mechanical engineering , engineering
Acute ischemic stroke with mild or rapidly improving symptoms is expected to result in good functional outcome, whether treated or not. Therefore, thrombolysis with its potential risks does not seem to be justified in such patients. However, recent studies indicate that the outcome is not invariably benign.
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