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Leukoaraiosis, Cerebral Hemorrhage, and Outcome After Intravenous Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke
Author(s) -
Andreas Charidimou,
Marco Pasi,
Marco Fiorelli,
Sara Shams,
Rüdiger von Kummer,
Leonardo Pantoni,
Natalia S. Rost
Publication year - 2016
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.116.014096
Subject(s) - leukoaraiosis , medicine , thrombolysis , odds ratio , stroke (engine) , confidence interval , intracerebral hemorrhage , modified rankin scale , cardiology , ischemic stroke , ischemia , subarachnoid hemorrhage , dementia , mechanical engineering , disease , myocardial infarction , engineering
We performed a meta-analysis to assess whether leukoaraiosis on brain computed tomographic scans of acute ischemic stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis is associated with an increased risk of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH) or poor functional outcome at 3 to 6 months after stroke, or both.

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