clot-dissolving

TPA, a clot-dissolving enzyme, can help many stroke patients recover, but must be administered within three hours of the first known stroke symptoms.

Feeling Groggy? Your Brain May Be Half Asleep Ann Lukits 2011

• Stroke antibodies: Researchers have developed an antibody that could extend the treatment window of a clot-dissolving drug given to some stroke patients, according to research on mice published in the journal Stroke.

For a Mother's Touch, Skip the Text Messages Ann Lukits 2011

Pulmonary embolisms are a life-threatening emergency and require immediate treatment with clot-dissolving drugs that are given by IV.

SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

Pulmonary embolisms are a life-threatening emergency and require immediate treatment with clot-dissolving drugs that are given by IV.

SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

As an example in modern practice, it's only just becoming possible with imaging to tell the difference between an occlusive stroke, which you treat with a clot-dissolving agent, and a haeorrhagic stroke, which a clot-dissolving agent is likely to make worse.

Early medieval surgical knowledge Carla 2010

Pulmonary embolisms are a life-threatening emergency and require immediate treatment with clot-dissolving drugs that are given by IV.

SUPERBUG MARYN MCKENNA 2010

Stroke doctors say only a small number of patients receive a clot-dissolving drug, either because they don't arrive at the hospital in time or because it isn't part of a hospital's treatment routine.

Doctors Push for More Scans in Stroke Cases 2009

One guideline called for giving clot-dissolving drugs to eligible patients within three hours of a stroke.

Doctors Push for More Scans in Stroke Cases 2009

And then toward the end, we decided to try a clot-dissolving solution.

CNN Transcript Sep 2, 2009 2009

For most stroke patients, receiving a clot-dissolving drug shortly after arriving at a hospital can reduce the effects of stroke and limit permanent disabilities.

Doctors Push for More Scans in Stroke Cases 2009