Intravenous thrombolysis in the elderly is facilitated by a tele-stroke network: A cross-sectional study

Data suggest that elderly patients have less favorable outcomes after ischemic stroke. To study the outcomes after intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) administration in elderly patients with acute ischemic stroke. Cross-sectional study using prospective collected patient data maintained via our “tele-stroke” network, which provides acute care in 29 community hospitals within our region from 2013−2015. Exposure of interest was age...