Recombinant human prourokinase is noninferior to alteplase in acute ischemic stroke, with symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage and major bleeding decreased.

A new meta-analysis examines the effects of dual antiplatelet therapy after thrombolysis in minor stroke patients. Findings ...

NIHSS scores have been shown to strongly predict outcome ... to measurement of language (a left hemisphere function) and only 2 points are related to neglect (a right-hemisphere phenomenon).

They created a survey with items relating to opinions and beliefs regarding use of the NIHSS, based on oral feedback and information from published literature ( Table 1 , Table 2 , and Table 3 ...

Objective To explore the impact of stroke severity and discharge disposition on 90-day outcomes in US patients enrolled in the SENTIS trial. Methods SENTIS is a previously published prospective ...

Methods 15 patients (mean age 60.6 years, mean National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score 2.25) and 10 age matched control subjects (mean age 63.3 years) participated in the study. We ...

98 (54.1%) patients had an mRS of 0–2 at 90 days. Direct aspiration alone was performed in 145 cases, and 43 cases required the additional use of a stent retriever. There was no significant difference ...

on ARAT item 2. Secondary efficacy outcomes were numbers of participants showing a predefined minimum response on total ARAT score (≥6 points); NIHSS score (≥10 points); Barthel Index (≥9 points); ...