Pulse pressure variability is associated with unfavorable outcomes in acute ischaemic stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis
Katsanos A, Alexandrov A, Mandava P, Köhrmann M, Soinne L, Barreto A, Sharma V, Mikulik R, Muir K, Rothlisberger T, Grotta J, Levi C, Molina C, Saqqur M, Palaiodimou L, Psaltopoulou T, Vosko M, Moreira T, Fiebach J, Rubiera M, Sandset E, de Havenon A, Kent T, Alexandrov A, Schellinger P, Tsivgoulis G, Investigators F. Pulse pressure variability is associated with unfavorable outcomes in acute ischaemic stroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysis. European Journal Of Neurology 2020, 27: 2453-2462. PMID: 32697894, DOI: 10.1111/ene.14447.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatients treated with intravenous thrombolysisAcute ischaemic strokeIndependent functional outcomePulse pressure variabilityIntravenous thrombolysisIntracranial bleedingAssociated with adverse short-termFunctional outcomesBlood pressureStroke patients treated with intravenous thrombolysisTissue plasminogen activator bolusSystemic tissue plasminogen activatorAssociated with unfavorable outcomesAssociated with worse neurological outcomeSymptomatic intracranial bleedingLong-term functional outcomeSafety end pointPulse pressureAcute ischaemic stroke patientsAdverse short-termLysis of thrombiPressure variabilityTissue plasminogen activatorCombined Lysis of ThrombusIntravenous thrombolysis administration