News tagged with clot busting
Use of clot busters for stroke increased from 2005 to 2009, but still low
The use of clot-busting drugs to treat acute ischemic stroke increased from 2005 through 2009 — but is still low, according to research reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Jun 02, 2011 |
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'Clot-busters' no more effective than traditional therapy in treating lung blood clots
Although so-called clot-busting drugs are commonly used in the treatment of some patients with blood clots in the lungs, a new study conducted by researchers in Spain and the U.S. indicates the agents do not appear to be ...
May 16, 2011 |
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Cholesterol drugs may improve blood flow after stroke
(Medical Xpress) -- Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins may help clot-busting drugs treat strokes, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 26, 2011 |
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Stroke group expands time for clot-busting drugs
(AP) -- A change to stroke treatment guidelines is expanding the time that some patients can get clot-busting drugs. Current recommendations limit the use of the medicine to within three hours after the start of stroke symptoms. ...
May 28, 2009 |
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Patients who wake up with stroke may be candidates for clot-busters
Giving clot-busting drugs to patients who wake up with stroke symptoms appears to be as safe as giving it to those in the recommended three-hour window, according to researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at ...
Mar 12, 2009 |
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