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Are women with acute ischemic stroke less likely to receive intravenous rt-PA thrombolysis treatment compared with men?
Are women with acute ischemic stroke less likely to receive intravenous rt-PA thrombolysis treatment compared with men?
There is a consistent sex disparity in acute stroke care, with women being less likely to receive intravenous rt-PA thrombolysis than men.
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Demands clinician efforts to ensure equitable thrombolysis access for women with acute stroke; confirms persistent sex disparity across studies.
Despite the presence of significant between-study variation, women with acute stroke were consistently less likely to receive thrombolysis treatment compared with men. Further studies to explore the origins of this sex disparity are warranted.
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