Intravenous rt-PA therapy for acute ischemic stroke in our hospital

Abstract

We experienced 633 patients of cerebral infarction from July 2007 through July 2009. Sixty (9.6%) cases of them were admitted within 2 hours from onset. Eleven (1.7%) of 60 patients were treated with rt-PA intravenously. Ten of 11 patients had improvement of NIHSS score 24 hours after rt-PA injection. Total outcome was favorable although one patient had intracerebral hemorrhage. Seven patients treated without rt-PA because of lower NIHSS score than 4 had been deteriorated later. Rt-PA therapy for minor stroke patients can be considerable.