Intravenous tPA for Acute Ischemic Stroke in Patients with COVID-19

We present a multicenter case series from 9 centers in the United States of patients with acute neurological deficits consistent with AIS and COVID-19 who were treated with IV tPA.Results: We identified 13 patients (mean age 62 ( ±9.8) years, 9 (69.2%) male).

https://www.strokejournal.org/article/S1052-3057(20)30619-4/fulltext?rss=yes

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - July 26, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Thiago Carneiro, Jonathan Dashkoff, Lester Y. Leung, Christa O'Hana S. Nobleza, Erika Marulanda-Londono, Mausaminben Hathidara, Sebastian Koch, Nicole Sur, Alexandra Boske, Barbara Voetsch, Hassan Aboul Nour, Daniel J Miller, Ali Daneshmand, Julie Shulman Source Type: research