In the article “Contraindications to intravenous rtPA for acute stroke: A critical reappraisal” by A.A. Rabinstein and J.E. Fugate (Neur Clin Pract® 2013;3:177–185), clarification is needed in the summary/introduction. The statistic that 1%–5% of stroke patients are treated with rtPA uses the total of all admitted Medicare patients as the denominator, regardless of the time-to-presentation.1,2 In stroke centers that report data to large registries, the more accurate statistic is closer to 20%.3 The authors regret any confusion.
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