Number of Cerebral Microbleeds and Risk of Intracerebral Hemorrhage After Intravenous Thrombolysis [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—
Our findings indicate a higher risk of sICH and PH after intravenous thrombolysis when multiple CMBs are present, with a graded relationship to increasing baseline CMB number.

Source: Stroke - September 22, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Dannenberg, S., Scheitz, J. F., Rozanski, M., Erdur, H., Brunecker, P., Werring, D. J., Fiebach, J. B., Nolte, C. H. Tags: Acute Cerebral Infarction, Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Thrombolysis Clinical Sciences Source Type: research