Use of Intravenous Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Who Take Non–Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants Before Stroke
Xian Y, Federspiel J, Hernandez A, Laskowitz D, Schwamm L, Bhatt D, Smith E, Fonarow G, Peterson E. Use of Intravenous Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Who Take Non–Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants Before Stroke. Circulation 2017, 135: 1024-1035. PMID: 28119380, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.116.023940.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdministration, IntravenousAgedAged, 80 and overAnticoagulantsDabigatranFemaleFibrinolytic AgentsHemorrhageHospital MortalityHumansInternational Normalized RatioMalePyrazolesPyridonesRecombinant ProteinsRegistriesRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsRivaroxabanStrokeTime FactorsTissue Plasminogen ActivatorTreatment OutcomeWarfarinConceptsIntravenous rt-PASymptomatic intracranial hemorrhageIschemic strokeRt-PAIntracranial hemorrhageOdds ratioNon-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral AnticoagulantsIntravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activatorK Antagonist Oral AnticoagulantsRecombinant tissue plasminogen activatorGuidelines-Stroke registrySerious systemic hemorrhageAcute ischemic strokeAdjusted odds ratioAmerican Heart AssociationTissue plasminogen activatorOutcomes of useHospital mortalityRegistry hospitalsOral anticoagulantsSevere strokeAdverse eventsProhibitive riskRankin ScaleThrombolytic therapy