Intravenous thrombolysis for large vessel or distal occlusions presenting with mild stroke severity.
Georgios K TsivgoulisNitin GoyalAristeidis H KatsanosKonark MalhotraM F IshfaqA PandhiM T FrohlerA M SpiottaM AnadaniM PsychogiosV MausA SiddiquiM WaqasP D SchellingerM GroenC KrogiasD RichterM SaqqurP Garcia-BermejoM MokinR LekerJ E CohenG MagoufisK PsychogiosV A LioutasM Van NostrandV K SharmaM PaciaroniA RentzosH ShoirahJ MoccoC NickeleP D MitsiasV InoaD HoitL ElijovichA S ArthurA V AlexandrovPublished in: European journal of neurology (2020)
Intravenous thrombolysis is independently associated with higher odds of improved discharge and 3-month functional outcomes in AIS patients with large vessel or distal occlusions and mild stroke severity. IVT appears not to increase the risk of systemic or symptomatic intracranial bleeding.