Clinical Focus ›› 2023, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (3): 227-231.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-583X.2023.03.005

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Efficacy and safety of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in patients with acute mild ischemic stroke

Yao Meifen, Ding Gangyu, Xu Jianhua, Wang Guojiang()   

  1. Department of Neurology,Shanghai Jiading District Central Hospital,Shanghai 201800,China
  • Received:2022-10-21 Online:2023-03-20 Published:2023-05-11
  • Contact: Wang Guojiang E-mail:yansunshine02@126.com

Abstract:

Objective To observe the efficacy and safety of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) on the treatment of acute mild ischemic stroke with a baseline National Institute of Health Stroke scale (NIHSS) score ≤3.Methods A total of 187 patients with acute mild ischemic stroke who were hospitalized in the Department of Neurology, Shanghai Jiading District Central Hospital from January 2020 to December 2021 with a baseline NIHSS score of ≤3 and the duration from the onset to medical visit ≤4.5 hours were retrospectively analyzed. According to the use of intravenous thrombolysis with rt-PA or not, they were divided into intravenous thrombolysis group ( n=92) and non-intravenous thrombolysis group ( n=95). The clinical data of the two groups were compared to determine the efficacy and safety of rt-PA on acute mild ischemic stroke. Results There were no significant differences in the gender, smoking history, drinking history, previous history, the of Trial Org 1072 in Acute Stroke Treatment (TOAST) classification, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglyceride, total cholesterol, blood homocysteine, urea nitrogen, blood creatinine, glycosylated hemoglobin, baseline and 24-hour NIHSS score, the proportion of NIHSS score increased by ≥1 point compared with the 7th day on the 14th day of the onset, modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score on the 90th day of the onset, and the proportion of mRS score decreased by ≥1 point compared with the 7th day on the 90th day of the onset between groups ( P>0.05). Compared with the non-intravenous thrombolysis group, patients in the intravenous thrombolysis group were younger, and the NIHSS score was lower on the 7th and 14th days after the onset. The proportion of patients with NIHSS score decreased by ≥ 1 point compared with the baseline on the 24 hours, 7th and 14th days after the onset of the disease was higher in the intravenous thrombolysis group and the difference was statistically significant ( P≤0.05). No symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage or death occurred in both groups. The proportion of intracranial hemorrhage transformation in the intravenous thrombolysis group was significantly higher than that in the non-intravenous thrombolysis group ( P<0.05). The intracranial hemorrhage transformations in the intravenous thrombolysis group were all asymptomatic hemorrhagic transformations, which did not cause aggravation of clinical symptoms or changes in NIHSS scores.Conclusion The use of rt-PA in intravenous thrombolysis in patients with acute mild ischemic stroke (NIHSS score ≤ 3 points) can improve the neurological deficit in the acute stage, but increases the risk of intracranial hemorrhage conversion. It does not cause serious adverse events.

Key words: ischemic stroke, tissue plasminogen activator, therapeutic uses

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