Gender Does not Influence the Outcome of tPA

As we learn more about the treatment of acute stroke with tPA, more and more questions become answered by different studies across the globe. One obvious question has been whether tPA is as effective in women as it is in men. In short the answer is a loud "of course it is".

This was recently found by a study in France which followed the safety and the outcome of 163 men and 111 women treated with tPA between 2002 and 2008. The study demonstrated that there are no significant differences in the rates of bleeding due to tPA, nor in the outcomes three months after the stroke.

Although this was rather expected, based on experience and previous results, it is good to know from prospective data that this is in fact the case.

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