Leukoaraiosis, intracerebral hemorrhage, and functional outcome after acute stroke thrombolysis

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Authors

Kannikar Kongbunkiat · Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi

Duncan Wilson · University Hospital of Bern

Narongrit Kasemsap · University of Oxford

Somsak Tiamkao · Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi

Fatima Jichi · Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi

Vanessa Palumbo · Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi

Michael D. Hill

Abstract

Leukoaraiosis presence and severity are consistently associated with an increased risk of sICH and poor functional outcome after IV or intra-arterial thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke.

Topics & Keywords

Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Neurology

Volume 88, Issue 7, pp. 638-645

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000003605

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