Leukoaraiosis is a risk factor for symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage after thrombolysis for acute stroke.

  • Tobias Neumann-Haefelin
  • Silke Hoelig
  • Joachim Berkefeld
  • Jens Fiehler
  • Achim Gass
  • Marek Humpich
  • Andreas Kastrup
  • Thomas Kucinski
  • Olivera Lecei
  • David S Liebeskind
  • Joachim Rother
  • Charlotte Rosso
  • Yves Samson
  • Jeffrey L Saver
  • Bernhard Yan

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The aim of the study was to evaluate whether leukoaraiosis (LA) is a risk factor for symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (sICH) in patients treated with thrombolysis for acute stroke. METHODS: In this retrospective, multicenter analysis, we evaluated data from acute anterior circulation stroke patients (n=449;

Bibliografische Daten

OriginalspracheDeutsch
Aufsatznummer10
ISSN0039-2499
StatusVeröffentlicht - 2006
pubmed 16931786