A Case-Controlled Comparison of Thrombolysis Outcomes Between Wake-Up and Known Time of Onset Ischemic Stroke Patients
Author(s) -
Dulka Manawadu,
Shankaranand Bodla,
Józef Jarosz,
Jeff Keep,
Lalit Kalra
Publication year - 2013
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.111.000757
Subject(s) - medicine , modified rankin scale , thrombolysis , intracerebral hemorrhage , stroke (engine) , ischemic stroke , inclusion and exclusion criteria , cardiology , ischemia , subarachnoid hemorrhage , myocardial infarction , mechanical engineering , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering
Wake-up ischemic stroke (WUIS) patients are not thrombolysed even if they meet other criteria for treatment. We hypothesized that patients with WUIS showing no or early ischemic changes on brain imaging will have thrombolysis outcomes comparable with those with known time of symptom onset.
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