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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2020 Jul 4;29(9):105093. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2020.105093

Table 2:

Reasons for not receiving tPA in the untreated group (n=119)

Age > 80 years 47 (39%)
Admit NIHSS >25 5 (4%)
Non-disabling deficit 5 (4%)
Subacute infarct on FLAIR 7 (6%)
Microbleeds >10 7 (6%)
FLAIR SIR >1.15 40 (35%)
Bright FLAIR positive (SIR not measured) 57 (48%)
Recent surgery or serious trauma 6 (5%)
INR > 1.7 1 (0.8%)
Hemorrhage on initial imaging 2 (1.6%)
Other 10 (8%)

Values reported as: n (%)

Abbreviations used: NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale, FLAIR: Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery, SIR: Signal Intensity Ratio, INR: International normalization ratio.