Intravenous - Thrombolysis in a 90 year Old.

ABSTRACT

Intravenous thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke has been conventionally avoided in the elderly (>80years of age) with fear of higher incidence of complications like symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (SICH) and possible loss of efficacy of thrombolysis in view of lack of evidence with most previous trials excluding this group of patients. There has been recent evidence suggesting benefit of IV thrombolysis in the elderly (>80 years) especially when treated within 3 hours of stroke onset. We report a successful thrombolysis in a 90 years old lady which to our knowledge is the first successful thrombolysis reported from India.