Age over 80 years is not associated with increased hemorrhagic transformation after stroke thrombolysis

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 360-363

  Costello, C A ^a   Campbell, B C V ^a   Perez De La Ossa, N ^a   Zheng, T H ^a   Sherwin, J C ^a   Weir, L ^a   Hand, P ^a   Yan, B ^a,b   Desmond, P M ^b   Davis, S M ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age 80 years; Haemorrhage; Leukoaraiosis; Stroke; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; VAN SWIETEN SCORE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEUKOARAIOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856746673     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: 15322653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.08.014     Document Type: Article

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