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Race-Ethnic Disparities in Rates of Declination of Thrombolysis for Stroke.

Scott J MendelsonShuaiqi ZhangRoland MatsouakaYing XianShreyansh ShahBarbara L LytleNicole SolomonLee S SchwammEric Edward SmithJeffrey L SaverGregg FonarowJane HollShyam Prabhakaran
Published in: Neurology (2022)
Although the overall prevalence of tPA declination is low, eligible non-Hispanic Black patients are more likely and Asian patients less likely to decline tPA than non-Hispanic White patients. Reducing rates of tPA declinations among non-Hispanic Black patients may be an opportunity to address disparities in stroke care.
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