Treatment With Tissue Plasminogen Activator in the Golden Hour and the Shape of the 4.5-Hour Time-Benefit Curve in the National United States Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Population
Kim J, Fonarow G, Smith E, Reeves M, Navalkele D, Grotta J, Grau-Sepulveda M, Hernandez A, Peterson E, Schwamm L, Saver J. Treatment With Tissue Plasminogen Activator in the Golden Hour and the Shape of the 4.5-Hour Time-Benefit Curve in the National United States Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Population. Circulation 2016, 135: 128-139. PMID: 27815374, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.116.023336.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute ischemic strokeTissue plasminogen activatorIschemic strokeHospital mortalityIndependent ambulationPlasminogen activatorTissue plasminogen activator-treated patientsIntravenous tissue plasminogen activatorTissue plasminogen activator treatmentIschemic stroke outcomeHours of onsetOdds of dischargePlasminogen activator treatmentMinutes of onsetNational United StatesHemorrhagic complicationsStroke outcomeMedian onsetThrombolytic therapyStroke systemsBetter outcomesPatientsActivator treatmentGolden hourTreatment time