Journal article
Cerebral microbleeds and postthrombolysis intracerebral hemorrhage risk
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess whether the presence of cerebral microbleeds (CMBs) on pretreatment MRI scans of patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with thrombolysis is associated with an increased risk of symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH).
METHODS: We searched PubMed for relevant studies and calculated pooled odds ratios (ORs) for symptomatic ICH, using the Mantel–Haenszel fixed-effects …
Authors
Charidimou A; Shoamanesh A; Wilson D; Gang Q; Fox Z; Jäger HR; Benavente OR; Werring DJ
Journal
Neurology, Vol. 85, No. 11, pp. 927–934
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
September 15, 2015
DOI
10.1212/wnl.0000000000001923
ISSN
0028-3878