Impact of body mass index on outcome in stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis

ConclusionIn this largest study to date, investigating the impact of BMI in IVT‐treated stroke patients, BMI had no prognostic meaning with regard to 3‐month functional outcome, death or occurrence of sICH.

Source: European Journal of Neurology - July 31, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: H. Gensicke, A. Wicht, O. Bill, A. Zini, P. Costa, G. K ägi, R. Stark, D. J. Seiffge, C. Traenka, N. Peters, L. H. Bonati, G. Giovannini, G. M. De Marchis, L. Poli, A. Polymeris, P. Vanacker, H. Sarikaya, P. A. Lyrer, A. Pezzini, L. Vandelli, P. Michel, Tags: Original Article Source Type: research