Abstract 258: Comorbidities Associated with Exclusion from rtPA in Obese Ischemic Stroke Patients with History of Smoking

Introduction Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rtPA) is the only approved treatment for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients, however, only a minuscule percentage of patients receive rtPA [1, 2]. In some cases, the reason for patients' exclusion from rtPA is due to risk factors and como...

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Main Authors: Philip C Brewer, Dami T Ojo, Sahil Garg, Philip X Broughton, Thomas I Nathaniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-11-01
Series:Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/SVIN.03.suppl_2.258
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