Bridging thrombolysis in atrial fibrillation stroke is associated with increased hemorrhagic complications without improved outcomes

Feras Akbik; Ali Alawieh; Laurie Dimisko; Brian M Howard; C Michael Cawley; Frank C Tong; Fadi Nahab; Owen B Samuels; Ilko Maier; Wuwei Feng; Nitin Goyal; Robert M Starke; Ansaar Rai; Kyle M Fargen; Marios N Psychogios; Pascal Jabbour; Reade De Leacy; Saleh G Keyrouz; Travis M Dumont; Peter Kan; Jan Liman; Adam S Arthur; Stacey Q Wolfe; J Mocco; Roberto Javier Crosa; W Christopher Fox; Benjamin Gory; Alejandro M Spiotta; Jonathan A Grossberg

doi:10.1136/neurintsurg-2021-017954

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Ischemic stroke

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Bridging thrombolysis in atrial fibrillation stroke is associated with increased hemorrhagic complications without improved outcomes

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Feras Akbik Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Department of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ali Alawieh Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA Neurosurgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Laurie Dimisko Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Brian M Howard Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
C Michael Cawley Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Frank C Tong Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Fadi Nahab Department of Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Owen B Samuels Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ilko Maier Neurology, University Medicine Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Wuwei Feng Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nitin Goyal Semmes Murphey Clinic, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Robert M Starke Neurosurgery and Radiology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ansaar Rai Radiology, West Virginia University Hospitals, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kyle M Fargen Neurosurgery, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Marios N Psychogios Department of Neuroradiology, Clinic of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Pascal Jabbour Neurological Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Reade De Leacy Neurosurgery, The Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Saleh G Keyrouz Department of Neurology, Washington University at St. Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Travis M Dumont Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Banner University of Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Peter Kan Neurosurgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jan Liman Neurology, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Adam S Arthur Semmes Murphey Clinic, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stacey Q Wolfe Neurosurgery, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J Mocco Neurosurgery, The Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Roberto Javier Crosa Endovascular Neurosurgery, Médica Uruguaya, Montevideo, Uruguay PubMed articles Google scholar articles
W Christopher Fox Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic Hospital Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Benjamin Gory Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Neuroradiology, Université de Lorraine, CHRU-Nancy, Nancy, France INSERM, IADI, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alejandro M Spiotta Neurosurgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jonathan A Grossberg Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stroke Thrombectomy and Aneurysm Registry (STAR) Collaborators
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Correspondence to Dr Jonathan A Grossberg, Neurosurgery and Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA; jonathan.a.grossberg{at}emory.edu

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Akbik F, Alawieh A, Dimisko L Stroke Thrombectomy and Aneurysm Registry (STAR) Collaborators, et al

Bridging thrombolysis in atrial fibrillation stroke is associated with increased hemorrhagic complications without improved outcomes

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery 2022;14:979-984.

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Received July 6, 2021
Accepted September 27, 2021
First published November 24, 2021.

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November 15, 2022

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