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Smoking-Thrombolysis Relationship Depends on Ischemic Stroke Subtype

Xu Tong1, Chunjuan Wang1, Xiaoling Liao1

  • 1From the Department of Neurology (X.T., Chunjuan Wang, X.L., Y.P., H.Y., L.L., H.Z., X.Z., H.L., Yilong Wang, Yongjun Wang), Tiantan Clinical Trial and Research Center for Stroke (Chunjuan Wang, Y.P., H.Y., H.L., Yilong Wang, Yongjun Wang), Vascular Neurology (X.L., H.Z., X.Z., Yongjun Wang), Neuro-intensive Care Unit (L.L.), and Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology and Clinical Psychology (Chunxue Wang), Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China; Department of Neurology, Tangshan Gongren Hospital, Hebei Medical University, Tangshan, Hebei, China (X.T., Y.C.); China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, China (X.L., L.L., H.Z., X.Z., Chunxue Wang, H.L., Yilong Wang, Yongjun Wang); Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing, China (Chunjuan Wang); Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Disease, Beijing, China (Y.P.); and Illinois Neurological Institute Stroke Network, Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Healthcare System, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria (D.W.).

Stroke
|May 26, 2016
PubMed
Summary

Smoking may improve functional independence in non-cardioembolic stroke patients receiving thrombolysis. It also reduces hemorrhage and mortality risk in large artery atherosclerosis stroke patients.

Keywords:
atherosclerosisintracranial hemorrhagessmokingstrokethrombolytic therapy

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