Journal article
Clinical relevance of microbleeds in acute stroke thrombolysis
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess whether the presence of cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) on pretreatment MRI of patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with IV thrombolysis is associated with increased risk of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) and poor functional outcome.
METHODS: We searched PubMed for relevant studies and calculated pooled odds ratios (OR) for symptomatic ICH and poor (i.e., …
Authors
Charidimou A; Shoamanesh A
Journal
Neurology, Vol. 87, No. 15, pp. 1534–1541
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
October 11, 2016
DOI
10.1212/wnl.0000000000003207
ISSN
0028-3878