2019
Recent Myocardial Infarction is Associated With Increased Risk in Older Adults With Acute Ischemic Stroke Receiving Thrombolytic Therapy
Inohara T, Liang L, Kosinski A, Smith E, Schwamm L, Hernandez A, Bhatt D, Fonarow G, Peterson E, Xian Y. Recent Myocardial Infarction is Associated With Increased Risk in Older Adults With Acute Ischemic Stroke Receiving Thrombolytic Therapy. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2019, 8: e012450. PMID: 31327296, PMCID: PMC6761665, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.119.012450.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecombinant tissue-type plasminogen activatorRecent myocardial infarctionAcute ischemic strokeHistory of MIRisk of mortalityMyocardial infarctionAIS patientsIschemic strokeIntravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activatorST-segment elevation myocardial infarctionSegment elevation myocardial infarctionMultivariate logistic regression modelGuidelines-Stroke hospitalsOnly medical therapyElevation myocardial infarctionTissue-type plasminogen activatorLogistic regression modelsHospital mortalityHospital outcomesSevere strokeMedical therapyThrombolytic therapyHigh riskInfarctionPatients
2011
Outcomes in Mild or Rapidly Improving Stroke Not Treated With Intravenous Recombinant Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator
Smith E, Fonarow G, Reeves M, Cox M, Olson D, Hernandez A, Schwamm L. Outcomes in Mild or Rapidly Improving Stroke Not Treated With Intravenous Recombinant Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator. Stroke 2011, 42: 3110-3115. PMID: 21903949, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.111.613208.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRecombinant tissue-type plasminogen activatorIntravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activatorHealth Stroke Scale scoreStroke Scale scoreTissue-type plasminogen activatorHospital dischargePoor outcomeRisk factorsNationwide studyScale scorePoor short-term outcomePlasminogen activatorInitial National InstitutesHigher National InstitutesIschemic stroke patientsLipid-lowering medicationsVascular risk factorsMultivariable-adjusted analysesShort-term outcomesStroke-related disabilityLarge nationwide studyNational InstituteReperfusion therapyHome dischargeIndependent predictors