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Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Mimicking Acute Ischemic Stroke in the Emergency Assessment of Thrombolysis Eligibility: Learning from a Misdiagnosed Case
CONCLUSION: Patients with CVT have a higher risk of thrombolysis-related intracranial hemorrhage than other stroke mimics. A greater focus on noncontrast brain CT and the venous phase of CT angiography help identifying this stroke mimic before thrombolysis.PMID:34841501
Source: Acta Neurologica Taiwanica - November 29, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Po-Yu Lin Ying-Chen Chen Yuan-Ting Sun Source Type: research

Delayed Endovascular Thrombectomy in a Patient Suffering from Stroke in Progression after Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy.
CONCLUSION: In LAO patients, directly proceeding EVT following IVT may not be hesitated. In addition, while LAO patients with incomplete IV-tPA treatment responses result in transient improvement of neurological symptoms but later reversed, EVT may be a potential rescue therapy in carefully selected patients. PMID: 30315557 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Acta Neurologica Taiwanica - October 15, 2018 Category: Neurology Tags: Acta Neurol Taiwan Source Type: research

The effect and associated factors of dispatcher recognition of stroke: A retrospective observational study
ConclusionThe dispatchers should spend more time identifying stroke patients by following the dispatch protocol. Recognition of stroke by dispatchers was associated with improved stroke care.
Source: Journal of the Formosan Medical Association - September 20, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

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