Patients with acute stroke benefit from thrombolysis with IV tissue plasminogen activator (tPA). In the last decade, a number of endovascular techniques have increasingly been used to open blood ...

Although the administration method seems ideal for prehospital use, the complexities of stroke assessment — including CT ...

All potential acute ischemic stroke patients meeting criteria for the use of IV tPA should be offered treatment. The facts are clear, and all that remains is further provider and patient education.

Download a PDF of the Research Summary. A total of 234 patients were enrolled; 117 were assigned to the alteplase group and 117 to the standard treatment group. The median score on the National ...

to be at least on par with alteplase for safety and efficacy in acute ischemic stroke in Canadians presenting within 4.5 ...