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Age and Outcomes with Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke

Kristi L. Koenig, Facep

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Do older patients with acute ischemic stroke have worse outcomes than younger patients after treatment with thrombolytic agents? To find out, researchers compared outcomes in 23,334 patients from the Safe Implementation of Treatment in Stroke-International Stroke Thrombolysis Register (SITS-ISTR) who received thrombolytics (alteplase) an average …

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Key concepts: Medicine, Thrombolysis, Stroke (engine), Acute stroke, Ischemic stroke, Physical therapy, Internal medicine, Cardiology