Clinical importance of microbleeds in patients receiving IV thrombolysis
- 25 October 2005
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 65 (8) , 1175-1178
- https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000180519.27680.0f
Abstract
Background: Cerebral microbleeds (MBs) detected on gradient echo (GRE) imaging may be a risk factor for hemorrhagic complications in patients with stroke treated with IV tissue plasminogen activator (tPA).Keywords
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