clot-busting

"Some people had said hospitals might make it up with reimbursements for patients who get IV thrombolysis," said senior researcher Dr. Harry J. Cloft, referring to the clot-busting drug treatment.

Reuters: Press Release 2012

Mackey says "wake-up" stroke sufferers are more likely to miss out on a potentially life-saving clot-busting medication called tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA, that can only be given within the first few hours after stroke symptoms begin.

Study: 1 in 7 strokes occur while sleeping 2011

This delay is unfortunate, because life-saving and heart-saving interventions like the administration of clot-busting medication or angioplasty have better results if used within the first few hours after the onset of chest discomfort.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Gender Differences in Heart Disease: Nation's No. 1 Killer Kills Differently M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010

It's a clot-busting drug that can reduce the debilitating aftereffects of a stroke.

Study finds blacks who have strokes call relatives before 911 2011

This delay is unfortunate, because life-saving and heart-saving interventions like the administration of clot-busting medication or angioplasty have better results if used within the first few hours after the onset of chest discomfort.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Gender Differences in Heart Disease: Nation's No. 1 Killer Kills Differently M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010

Another mutation indicated that he could be resistant to the clot-busting drug clopidogrel.

A Step Closer to Personalized Genetic Medicine | Impact Lab 2010

If given within three hours of the start of symptoms, a clot-busting drug called tissue plasminogen activator tPA may reduce long-term disability for the most common type of stroke. tPA is the only FDA-approved medication for the treatment of stroke within three hours of stroke symptom onset.

Dr. Nalini Chilkov: Recognize the Signs of Stroke? Do You Know What to Do? Dr. Nalini Chilkov 2011

Mackey says "wake-up" stroke sufferers are more likely to miss out on a potentially life-saving clot-busting medication called tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA, that can only be given within the first few hours after stroke symptoms begin.

Study: 1 in 7 strokes occur while sleeping 2011

If given within three hours of the start of symptoms, a clot-busting drug called tissue plasminogen activator tPA may reduce long-term disability for the most common type of stroke. tPA is the only FDA-approved medication for the treatment of stroke within three hours of stroke symptom onset.â¨â¨

Dr. Nalini Chilkov: Recognize the Signs of Stroke? Do You Know What to Do? Dr. Nalini Chilkov 2011

This delay is unfortunate, because life-saving and heart-saving interventions like the administration of clot-busting medication or angioplasty have better results if used within the first few hours after the onset of chest discomfort.

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.: Gender Differences in Heart Disease: Nation's No. 1 Killer Kills Differently M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein 2010