RACIAL DISPARITIES IN TPA TREATMENT RATE FOR STROKE: A POPULATION-BASED STUDY

Amie W. Hsia,Dorothy F. Edwards,Lewis B. Morgenstern,Jeffrey J. Wing,Nina C. Brown,Regina Coles,Sarah Loftin,Andrea Wein,Sara S. Koslosky,Sabiha Fatima,Brisa N. Sánchez,Ali Fokar,M. Chris Gibbons,Annapurni Jayam-Trouth,Chelsea S. Kidwell

RACIAL DISPARITIES IN TPA TREATMENT RATE FOR STROKE: A POPULATION-BASED STUDY

2011

Amie W. Hsia
Dorothy F. Edwards
Lewis B. Morgenstern
Jeffrey J. Wing
Nina C. Brown
Regina Coles
Sarah Loftin
Andrea Wein
Sara S. Koslosky
Sabiha Fatima
Brisa N. Sánchez
Ali Fokar
M. Chris Gibbons
Annapurni Jayam-Trouth
Chelsea S. Kidwell

Background Some prior studies have shown that racial disparities exist in intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV tPA) utilization for acute ischemic stroke. We sought to determine whether race was associated with tPA treatment for stroke in a predominantly black urban population.

Keywords:

Physical therapy
Population
Diabetes mellitus
Stroke
Tissue plasminogen activator
Medicine
population based study
acute ischemic stroke
treatment rate
intravenous tissue plasminogen activator

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