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Early intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke in a community-based approach

M Grond et al. Stroke. 1998 Aug.

Abstract

Background and purpose: Controlled multicenter studies have demonstrated the efficacy of systemic recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rtPA) treatment in selected cases of acute ischemic stroke. The feasibility of this therapeutic option in clinical practice was assessed in a community-based approach.

Methods: We offered rtPA treatment to stroke patients in a prospective open-label monocenter study applying inclusion criteria similar to those of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders, and Stroke study. In order to treat patients within 3 hours of symptom onset, a referral system was used by which eligible patients from all over the city of Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany, were rushed to the Department of Neurology of the University Hospital. We present data on the effectiveness of the referral system and the outcome results of the first 100 consecutive patients treated within an 18-month period.

Results: Of 453 consecutive patients with a presumed diagnosis of acute stroke referred to our department between March 1996 and August 1997, 100 patients (22%) were treated with intravenous thrombolysis, 26% of them within 90 minutes of symptom onset. The average time from stroke onset to arrival at our department was 78 minutes, and from arrival to treatment 48 minutes. After 3 months, 53 patients recovered to fully independent function. The rates of total, symptomatic, and fatal intracerebral hemorrhage were 11%, 5%, and 1%, respectively. Overall mortality was 12%.

Conclusions: Thrombolysis with rtPA was effectively applied in routine management of stroke patients in a community-based approach with acceptable efforts and without additional costs. Under these circumstances, outcome and complication rates were comparable to those of multicenter trials.

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