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Safety of intravenous alteplase within 4.5 hours for patients awakening with stroke symptoms

BACKGROUND: Up to 25% of acute stroke patients first note symptoms upon awakening. We hypothesized that patients awaking with stroke symptoms may be safely treated with intravenous alteplase (IV tPA) using non-contrast head CT (NCHCT), if they meet all other standard criteria. METHODS: The SAfety of...

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Autores principales: Urrutia, Victor C., Faigle, Roland, Zeiler, Steven R., Marsh, Elisabeth B., Bahouth, Mona, Cerdan Trevino, Mario, Dearborn, Jennifer, Leigh, Richard, Rice, Susan, Lane, Karen, Saheed, Mustapha, Hill, Peter, Llinas, Rafael H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5963768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29787575
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197714