Scientific Reports (Aug 2017)

Low Serum Albumin level as a Predictor of Hemorrhage Transformation after Intravenous Thrombolysis in Ischemic Stroke Patients

  • Ruiwen Che,
  • Xiaoqin Huang,
  • Wenbo Zhao,
  • Fang Jiang,
  • Longfei Wu,
  • Zhen Zhang,
  • Tingting Bian,
  • Qingfeng Ma,
  • Zhipeng Yu,
  • Qian Zhang,
  • Kai Dong,
  • Haiqing Song,
  • Xunming Ji

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06802-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Abstract Serum albumin levels has been shown to predict outcome in ischemic stroke patients. We aimed to investigate the relationship between serum albumin levels and hemorrhagic transformation (HT) after intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) in patients with acute stroke. 428 patients receiving intravenous rt-PA therapy were included from 2013 to 2016 and were categorized into two groups: low level ( 0.05). Low level of serum albumin within 24 hours may be an independent predictor of post-thrombolytic HT.