Worse prognosis in women, compared with men, after thrombolysis: An individual patient data pooling study of Asian acute stroke registries.
Xia WangCheryl CarcelRuigang WangJing-Wei LiHee-Joon BaeYilong WangAnxin WangYongjun WangKazunori ToyodaYi SuiTsong-Hai LeeJose C NavarroMu-Chien SunCraig S AndersonVijay Kumar SharmaElse Chartlotte SandsetMark WoodwardPublished in: International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society (2020)
In this pooled data from Asian acute stroke registries, women had poorer prognosis than men after receiving recombinant tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke, which worsened with age. Women older than 70 appear to have a worse outcome than men which could be explained by greater stroke severity, more AF, and cardioembolic stroke.