Outcome after stroke thrombolysis in patients >80 years treated within 3 hours vs >3-4.5 hours

Conclusions: In this observational study, unselected patients >80 years of age treated with IVT after 3 hours vs earlier had a slightly higher rate of SICH and similar unadjusted functional outcome but poorer adjusted outcome. The absolute difference between the treatment groups is small, and elderly patients should not be denied IVT in the later time window solely because of age without other contraindications.

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Source: Neurology - October 9, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Ahmed, N., Lees, K. R., Ringleb, P. A., Bladin, C., Collas, D., Toni, D., Ford, G. A., And the SITS Investigators Tags: All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke ARTICLE Source Type: research