Cerebral Microbleeds are an Independent Predictor of Hemorrhagic Transformation Following Intravenous Alteplase Administration in Acute Ischemic Stroke

The objective of our study was to evaluate clinical, laboratory, and imaging predictors on forecasting the risk of hemorrhagic transformation following treatment with rt-PA. We also evaluated the factors associated with cerebral microbleeds that increase the risk of hemorrhagic transformation.

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - February 2, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Nandakumar Nagaraja, Nudrat Tasneem, Amir Shaban, Sudeepta Dandapat, Uzair Ahmed, Bruno Policeni, Heena Olalde, Hyungsub Shim, Edgar A. Samaniego, Connie Pieper, Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez, Enrique C. Leira, Harold P. Adams Source Type: research