Routine thrombolysis with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator in acute ischaemic stroke patients aged 80 years or older: a single centre experience

Age Ageing. 2007 Sep;36(5):577-9. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afm022. Epub 2007 Apr 3.

Authors

Maarten Uyttenboogaart¹, Elisabeth M C Schrijvers, Patrick C Vroomen, Jacques De Keyser, Gert-Jan Luijckx

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. m.uyttenboogaart@neuro.umcg.nl

PMID: 17405776
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm022

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Brain Ischemia / drug therapy*
Cohort Studies
Female
Fibrinolytic Agents / administration & dosage*
Humans
Male
Stroke / drug therapy*
Tissue Plasminogen Activator / administration & dosage*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Fibrinolytic Agents
Tissue Plasminogen Activator