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Outcome and Severe Hemorrhagic Complications of Intravenous Thrombolysis With Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Very Old (=80 Years) Stroke Patients Stroke 36:2421-2425, Berrouschot,J.,et al, 2005 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract There is no increase in severe intracerebral hemorrhage after IV-tPA in very old patients, but outcome is worse as compared with younger patients. There is no evidence to exclude ischemic stroke patients from thrombolysis based on a predefined age threshold.

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