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Influence of gender on outcomes after intra-arterial thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke.

Shah SH, Liebeskind DS, Saver JL, Starkman S, Vinuela F, Duckwiler G, Jahan R, Kim D, Sanossian N, Vespa P, Ovbiagele B

Department of Neurology, UCLA Medical Center, USA. SHShah@mednet.ucla.edu

Recent data suggest that women obtain greater benefit than men from IV fibrinolysis for acute ischemic stroke. It is unknown whether this gender-thrombolysis advantage extends to those treated with intra-arterial (IA) thrombolysis. The authors evaluated the independent effect of gender among ischemic stroke patients treated with IA fibrinolysis and found no differences in short-term clinical and angiographic outcomes between men and women who received IA thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke.

Published 13 June 2006 in Neurology, 66(11): 1745-6.
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