Microbleed Status and 3-Month Outcome After Intravenous Thrombolysis in 717 Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions— Poor outcome or sICH was not associated with CMB presence or burden on pre–intravenous thrombolysis magnetic resonance imaging after adjustment for confounding factors. An individual patient data meta-analysis is needed to determine whether a subgroup of patients with CMBs carries an independent risk of poor outcome that might outweigh the expected benefit of intravenous thrombolysis.

http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/short/46/9/2458?rss=1

Source: Stroke - August 24, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Turc, G., Sallem, A., Moulin, S., Tisserand, M., Machet, A., Edjlali, M., Baron, J.-C., Leclerc, X., Leys, D., Mas, J.-L., Cordonnier, C., Oppenheim, C. Tags: Acute Cerebral Infarction, Emergency treatment of Stroke, Computerized tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Thrombolysis Clinical Sciences Source Type: research