Routine Use of Intravenous Low-Dose Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Japanese Patients
Author(s) -
Ḱazunori Toyoda,
Masatoshi Koga,
Masaki Naganuma,
Yoshiaki Shiokawa,
Jyoji Nakagawara,
Eisuke Furui,
Kazumi Kimura,
Hiroshi Yamagami,
Yasushi Okada,
Yasuhiro Hasegawa,
Kazuomi Kario,
Satoshi Okuda,
Kazutoshi Nishiyama,
Kazuo Minematsu
Publication year - 2009
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.109.562991
Subject(s) - medicine , modified rankin scale , intracerebral hemorrhage , stroke (engine) , tissue plasminogen activator , thrombolysis , t plasminogen activator , surgery , ischemic stroke , ischemia , subarachnoid hemorrhage , mechanical engineering , engineering , myocardial infarction
A retrospective, multicenter, observational study was conducted to document clinical outcomes and to identify outcome predictors in patients treated with low-dose intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (0.6 mg/kg alteplase), which was approved in Japan in 2005, within 3 hours of stroke onset.
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