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. 2021 Sep 20;12:728111. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.728111

Table 4.

Bleeding rates among those who received tPA or thrombectomy and those who didn't subcategorized by antiplatelet therapy groups.

Received tPA or Thrombectomy Yes ( n = 171) No ( n = 206)
Not DAPT (n = 132) DAPT (n = 39) P-value Not DAPT (n = 104) DAPT (n = 102) P-value
Major bleeding 10.6% 2.6% 0.20 3.9% 2% 0.68
Asymptomatic ICH 15.2% 2.6% 0.05 5.8% 1.0% 0.12
Symptomatic ICH (NIHSS any change) 9.1% 2.6% 0.30 2.9% 0% 0.25
Symptomatic ICH (NIHSS change >/=4) 2.3% 2.6% 1.00 0% 0% 1.00
ICH classification
   HI1 3.8% 2.6% 1.00 6.7% 0% 0.01
   HI2 5.3% 0% 0.35 1.0% 0% 1.00
   PH1 3.8% 0% 0.59 0% 0% 1.00
   PH2 6.8% 2.6% 0.46 1.0% 0% 1.00
   Other (Any SAH, IVH or SDH) 13.6% 2.6% 0.08 2.9% 1.0% 0.62

tPA, tissue plasminogen activator; DAPT, dual antiplatelet therapy; ICH, intracranial hemorrhage; NIHSS, National Institute of Health stroke scale; HI1, hemorrhagic transformation type 1 (defined as small petechiae without mass effect); HI2, hemorrhagic transformation type 2 (defined as more confluent petechiae without mass effect); PH1, parenchymal hematoma type 1 (defined as hematoma <30% of infarct bed with some mild mass effect); PH2, parenchymal hematoma type 2 (defined as hematoma >30% of infarct bed with significant mass effect); SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage; IVH, intraventricular hemorrhage; SDH, subdural hemorrhage.