2023
Effect of Alteplase on Ischemic Stroke Mortality Is Dependent on Stroke Severity
de Havenon A, Abbasi M, Yaghi S, Delic A, Bangad A, Johnston K, Tirschwell D, Sheth K. Effect of Alteplase on Ischemic Stroke Mortality Is Dependent on Stroke Severity. Annals Of Neurology 2023, 93: 1106-1116. PMID: 36852919, DOI: 10.1002/ana.26621.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIV-tPAHigher NIHSSIschemic strokeAtrial fibrillationNational Inpatient Sample (NIS) 2016Non-Hispanic white raceOlder ageBaseline National InstitutesDEFUSE-3 trialsHealth Stroke ScalePost-stroke mortalityIschemic stroke mortalityEffect of alteplaseRisk of mortalityLogistic regression modelsAnn NeurolFAST-MAGIMS IIISevere ISHospital mortalityIntravenous alteplaseSevere strokeStroke ScaleStroke severityFunctional outcome
2021
Effect of Alteplase Use on Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Analysis of the Initiation of Anticoagulation After Cardioembolic Stroke Study
Yaghi S, Mistry E, de Havenon A, Guerrero C, Nouh A, Liberman AL, Giles J, Liu A, Nagy M, Kaushal A, Azher I, Mac Grory B, Fakhri H, Espaillat K, Asad SD, Pasupuleti H, Martin H, Tan J, Veerasamy M, Esenwa C, Cheng N, Moncrieffe K, Moeini‐Naghani I, Siddu M, Scher E, Trivedi T, Wu T, Khan M, Keyrouz S, Furie K, Henninger N. Effect of Alteplase Use on Outcomes in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: Analysis of the Initiation of Anticoagulation After Cardioembolic Stroke Study. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e020945. PMID: 34323120, PMCID: PMC8475683, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.020945.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute ischemic strokeMechanical thrombectomyAlteplase useIschemic strokeHemorrhagic transformationAtrial fibrillationPrimary analysisEfficacy of alteplaseInitiation of anticoagulationComprehensive stroke centerBinary logistic regressionIntravenous alteplaseStroke centersConsecutive patientsStroke StudyAlteplaseMortality ratePatientsSecondary analysisMortalityStrokeLogistic regressionFurther studiesFibrillationIAC study