Letter to Editor to the Article “Pretreatment Blood Pressure is a Simple Predictor of Hemorrhagic...

Letter to Editor to the Article “Pretreatment Blood Pressure is a Simple Predictor of Hemorrhagic..., With great interest we read the article by Ohtani et al.1 In this study, the authors proposed that pretreatment systolic blood pressure is a simple predictor of symptomatic and asymptomatic hemorrhagic infarction (HI) post intravenous thrombolysis (IVT)., With great interest we read the article by Ohtani et al.1 In this study, the authors proposed that pretreatment systolic blood pressure is a simple predictor of symptomatic and asymptomatic hemorrhagic infarction (HI) post intravenous thrombolysis (IVT). To validate their finding, they have further compared the pretreatment systolic BP with Glucose Race Age Sex Pressure Stroke Severity (GRASPS) and Totaled Health Risks in Vascular Events (THRIVE) scores and suggested that pretreatment systolic BP is a better predictor of postthrombolysis hemorrhage, and proposed a cut off for 160 mm Hg., admin,