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Thrombolysis-Related Hemorrhage
Intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) improves outcomes when administered within 4.5 hours of symptom onset of ischemic stroke. Symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH) is the most feared complication after administration of intravenous tPA. The percentage of patients with a good functional outcome after sICH (as defined by the Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke-Monitoring Study) following administration of tPA has been shown to be less than 7%, and mortality rates can be greater than 50%. Almost 2 decades after approval of intravenous tPA by the US Food and Drug Administration, our ability to prevent...
Source: JAMA Neurology - October 26, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
