Thrombolysis with intravenous rtPA in a series of 100 cases of acute carotid territory stroke: Determination of etiological, topographic, and radiological outcome factors

Although new, large, double-blind, randomized studies are needed to establish the efficiency of intravenous thrombolysis, open trials of sufficient size may also provide novel data concerning specific outcomes after thrombolysis. An open study of intravenous rtPA in 100 patients with internal carotid artery (ICA) territory strokes between 20 and 81 years of age, with a baseline Scandinavian Stroke Scale (SSS) score of