Tag: tPA
Mobile stroke units increase odds of averting strokes and achieving complete...
Receiving intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV-tPA) in an ambulance-based mobile stroke unit (MSU) increases the likelihood of averting strokes and the odds of a...
World Stroke Day 2021: Survey finds 65% of hospitals worldwide do...
On the eve of World Stroke Day (29 October), the World Stroke Organization (WSO) has called for urgent improvements to the treatment of stroke...
TSI enrols first 10 patients in its phase 2 ischaemic stroke...
Thrombolytic Science (TSI) has announced progress with 10 patients enrolled in its prospective, randomised, multicentre phase 2 clinical trial, designed to confirm the safety...
Alteplase at 0.6mg/kg for stroke with unknown time of onset is...
Although an acceptable safety profile was demonstrated for MRI-guided thrombolysis with alteplase at 0.6mg/kg for stroke with unknown time of onset, the latter approach...
Interdisciplinary approach to in-hospital stroke improves detection and treatment time
A recent study found that revision of an existing in-hospital stroke (IHS) protocol was associated with a lower rate of stroke mimics, and shorter...
Patrick Lyden receives eminent American Stroke Association Award
Patrick D Lyden, a world-renowned stroke expert who played a key role in the pivotal clinical trial leading to approval of the first proven...
Receiving a clot-buster drug before reaching the hospital may reduce stroke...
Stroke patients receiving clot-busting medications before arriving at the hospital have a lower risk for disability afterward, according to research presented at the American...
Women, minorities may be undertreated for stroke
Women and minorities may be less likely to receive treatment for stroke, according to a study published in a recent online issue of Neurology,...
