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Intravenous rt-PA for acute stroke: comparing its effectiveness in younger and older patients
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- Published on: 13 April 2016
- Published on: 13 April 2016Misleading conclusions on rt-PA treatment in the very elderlyShow More
Dear Editor,
The effectiveness of rt-PA in the elderly is an important and as yet an incompletely resolved topic. The authors provide convincing data that patients older than 80 years that receive rt-PA are less likely to achieve a favourable outcome than their younger counterparts.[1] This is in keeping with our own data showing that 5/24 (21%) patients treated with rt -PA aged 80 years or older were independent (...
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