Impact of Obesity on Stroke Outcome After Intravenous Thrombolysis | Zendy

Hakan Sarıkaya | Zendy; Firat Elmas | Zendy; Marcel Arnold | Zendy; Dimitrios Georgiadis | Zendy; Ralf W. Baumgartner | Zendy

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Impact of Obesity on Stroke Outcome After Intravenous Thrombolysis

Author(s) -

Hakan Sarıkaya,

Firat Elmas,

Marcel Arnold,

Dimitrios Georgiadis,

Ralf W. Baumgartner

Publication year - 2011

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.110.599613

Subject(s) - medicine , thrombolysis , modified rankin scale , body mass index , stroke (engine) , diabetes mellitus , obesity , mortality rate , risk factor , cardiology , surgery , ischemic stroke , ischemia , myocardial infarction , endocrinology , mechanical engineering , engineering

Obesity is an established risk factor for stroke and has reached epidemic proportions. However, its impact on intravenous thrombolysis applied for acute ischemic stroke is not well known. We aimed to compare the clinical outcome and safety after intravenous thrombolysis in obese (body mass index ≥30 kg/m²) and nonobese (body mass index <30 kg/m²) patients with ischemic stroke.

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