IV alteplase improves functional outcomes in patients with stroke of unknown onset
1. In patients who had a stroke with unknown time of onset and DWI-FLAIR or perfusion mismatch, IV alteplase resulted ...
Tag: thrombolysis
#VisualAbstract: Thrombolysis Guided by Perfusion Imaging up to 9 Hours after Onset of Stroke
1. Patients presenting between 4.5 and 9 hours after stroke onset with viable brain tissue who received thrombolytic therapy had ...
The EXTEND trial: neurological deficits decreased with thrombolysis up to 9 hours after stroke onset
1. Patients presenting between 4.5 and 9 hours after stroke onset with viable brain tissue who received thrombolytic therapy had ...
Quick Take: Functional Outcome of Intravenous Thrombolysis in Patients With Lacunar Infarcts in the WAKE-UP Trial
Intravenous thrombolytic therapy with alteplase (recombinant human tissue plasminogen activator) is approved for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. However, ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind April 1, 2019
Outcomes of Extremely Preterm Infants With Birth Weight Less Than 400 g Little is known about the survival and neurodevelopmental ...
MRI pattern selects patients with unknown stroke time who benefit from thrombolysis
1. Stroke patients with unknown time of stroke onset and DWI-FLAIR mismatch indicative of a stroke within the prior 4.5 ...
EXTEND-IA TNK: Tenecteplase is superior to alteplase as neoadjuvant treatment for mechanical thrombectomy
1. When treated with tenecteplase, stroke patients eligible for mechanical thrombectomy had higher rates of reperfusion and superior clinical outcomes ...
Ticagrelor and clopidogrel have similar major bleeding rates following thrombolytic therapy
1. Use of ticagrelor resulted in similar rates of major bleeding compared to clopidogrel in patients with ST elevation myocardial ...
Pharmacomechanical thrombolysis does not lower risk of post-thrombotic syndrome: The ATTRACT trial
1. Patients with proximal deep venous thrombosis (DVT) experience similar rates of post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) when treated with pharmacomechanical catheter-directed ...
Perfusion imaging may be useful for selecting stroke patients for thrombolysis
1. When used for the selection of patients with stroke for intravenous thrombolysis within 3 hours of symptom onset, computed tomography ...
