Definitions
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- adjective Of, pertaining to, or causing
thrombolysis
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- noun a kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle
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Examples
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As part of the Toronto protocol, paramedics were trained to screen for stroke and then transport stroke patients directly to a designated Regional Stroke Centre with an around-the-clock stroke team that could rapidly assess patients and administer tPA intravenously (also called thrombolytic therapy).
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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Every few weeks a passenger has a heart attack so thrombolytic drugs are kept on-hand, says Chris Taylor, the ship's senior doctor.
What It Takes to Keep a City Afloat Sarah Nassauer 2010
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Primary angioplasty versus intravenous thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: a quantitative review of 23 randomised trials.
Clive Meanwell, M.D.: Heart Attack Care: Why Finding the Best Hospital Makes a Big Difference M.D. Clive Meanwell 2010
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Primary angioplasty versus intravenous thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: a quantitative review of 23 randomised trials.
Clive Meanwell, M.D.: Heart Attack Care: Why Finding the Best Hospital Makes a Big Difference M.D. Clive Meanwell 2010
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Do not take with thrombolytic or blood thinning medications see p.
The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000
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Do not take with thrombolytic or blood thinning medications see p.
The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000
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Later, Claudia learned that all the fuss about this medication was justified—the doctor had made a radical choice in selecting this new type of thrombolytic therapy because he worried that, as a young woman in her reproductive years who still had menstrual periods, the tPA might trigger uncontrollable bleeding.
Healing the Female Heart Elizabeth Ross 1996
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This plan should include a decision about administering thrombolytic drugs based on whether or not you have any history of unusual bleeding.
Healing the Female Heart Elizabeth Ross 1996
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Later, Claudia learned that all the fuss about this medication was justified—the doctor had made a radical choice in selecting this new type of thrombolytic therapy because he worried that, as a young woman in her reproductive years who still had menstrual periods, the tPA might trigger uncontrollable bleeding.
Healing the Female Heart Elizabeth Ross 1996
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This plan should include a decision about administering thrombolytic drugs based on whether or not you have any history of unusual bleeding.
Healing the Female Heart Elizabeth Ross 1996
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