RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Buckley, Rita
T1 Linking sICH Definitions to Outcomes
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2012
FD SAGE Publications
VO 12
IS 1
SP 16
OP 17
DO 10.1177/155989771201008
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/12/1/16.abstract
AB Patients with symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH) have an increased risk of a poor or fatal outcome [Strbian D et al. Neurology 2011]. However, the direct comparison of sICH rates between different thrombolysis studies is complicated by varying definitions of sICH [Gumbinger C. et al. Stroke 2012]. This article discusses results from a study on the most accurate definition of clinically relevant hemorrhagic transformation after thrombolytic therapy for stroke with IV tissue plasminogen activator.