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Thrombolytic therapy for acute ischaemic stroke in octogenarians: selection by magnetic resonance imaging improves safety but does not improve outcome
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- Published on: 13 April 2016
- Published on: 13 April 2016MR to select octogenarians for thrombolysis?Show More
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Ringleb and co-authors concluded that the use of magnetic resonance imaging to select octogenarian patients with acute ischaemic stroke for thrombolytic therapy increases safety(1). They dismiss the possibility that this apparent benefit of MR selection may have been due to selection bias since the NIHSS scores were similar in those in whom MRI was applied versus those not(1). However, we have shown...
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