A phase 2 study has suggested that the glycoprotein (gp) IIb/IIIa blocker eptifibatide can be safely combined with a reduced dose of tPA in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke, and there was a ...
When Joseph Broderick was a college sophomore in 1975, stroke treatment was a waiting game. Doctors could diagnose a stroke but couldn’t stop it. There were no scientifically proven therapies, no ...
Among patients presenting directly to a thrombectomy-equipped center with a large-vessel ischemic stroke, going directly to the endovascular suite and forgoing initial IV thrombolytic therapy provides ...
Outcomes after stroke thrombectomy were not better with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) withheld, according to the MR CLEAN-NO IV trial. Of more than 500 acute stroke patients with large vessel ...
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. claiming the lives of more than 140,000 Americans each year. But many lives could be spared if treatment was given ...
NORTH PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Doctors say "time is brain" when it comes to a stroke. Every minute makes a difference between full recovery - and a life of disability. In this week's Moves in Medicine, ...
Adult patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) who experience a stroke caused by a clot (i.e., ischemic strokes or IS) can be treated safely with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) if they qualify, ...
In the largest report on acute stroke in sickle cell disease to date, researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina and elsewhere provide the first systemic evidence for the safe use of tPA ...
May 14, 2010 — A new pooled analysis of randomized trials of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke, now expanded to include more recent trials, confirms the ...
Should stroke patients with mild or improving symptoms receive tissue plasminogen activator therapy?
Some patients with acute ischemic stroke do not receive treatment with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) because their symptoms are mild or they show improvement; however, lack of ...
Charleston, SC - Patients who have acute ischemic stroke on the weekend are more likely to receive aggressive treatment, including thrombolysis, than those patients who have an event during the week, ...
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - National Nurses Week is part of Stroke Awareness Month, and for one nurse at St. Elizabeth Hospital, it's an especially meaningful time. She knows how to make a difference because ...
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