No Impact of Body Mass Index on Outcome in Stroke Patients Treated with IV Thrombolysis BMI and IV Thrombolysis Outcome.

No Impact of Body Mass Index on Outcome in Stroke Patients Treated with IV Thrombolysis BMI and IV Thrombolysis Outcome.

The impact of excess body weight on prognosis after stroke is controversial. Many studies report higher survival rates in obese patients ("obesity paradox"). Recently, obesity has been linked to worse outcomes after intravenous (IV) thrombolysis, but the number and sample size of these stu...

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Main Authors: Meret Branscheidt, Juliane Schneider, Patrik Michel, Elissavet Eskioglou, Georg Kaegi, Robert Stark, Urs Fischer, Simon Jung, Marcel Arnold, Maria Wertli, Ulrike Held, Susanne Wegener, Andreas Luft, Hakan Sarikaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5058473?pdf=render

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