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Later Use of Clot-Buster After Stroke Possible 1 Citation SUNDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- European researchers who showed that the clot-dissolving drug tPA could safely be used within three hours after a stroke now say the limit can be extended to four-and-a-half hours. "We now have a three-hour limit mandated by authorities," said Dr. Nils Wahlgren, a neurology professor at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and leader of an international group reporting Sunday in the online version of The Lancet. "Our data indicate that it is safe to extend th, technorati.com
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Why thrombolysis rarely fails in right coronary artery ? 1 Citation Differential response of thrombolysis between left and right coronary system Thrombolysis is the specific treatment for acute myocardial infarction. ( Privileged few , get primary PCI)) Failed thrombolysis occurs in significant number of patients ( 30-40%). Persistent ST elevation 120 minutes after thrombolysis is best indicator of failed thrombolysis. It has been a consistent observation failed thromolysis almost always occur in anterior or LAD myocardial infarction. In a simple study we h, technorati.com
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Thrombolysis in myocardial infarction 1 Citation Chronology of development of thrombolytic agents First Generation: Streptokinase (1986)? Anisoylated plasminogen streptokinase activator complex (APSAC) (1988)? Second Generation: Alteplase (1994)? - Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator Third Generation: Reteplase (1995)? Lanoteplase (1998)? Tenecteplase (1999)? - TNK tPA Characteristics of an ideal thrombolytic agent 1. Long half-life 2. Single-bolus administration 3. High fibrin specificity/decreased bleeding and intracran, technorati.com
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Ultrasound Waves Help Dissolve Blood Clots 1 Citation upi.com The use of ultrasound waves for deep vein thrombosis may help dissolve blood clots in less time than clot-busting drugs alone. Deep vein thrombosis is a blood clot that forms in a vein deep in the body, most often in the lower leg or thigh. A loose clot, or embolus, can break off and travel through the bloodstream to the lungs and block blood flow Researchers treated 37 patients with the clot-dissolving drug tissue plasminogen activator while using ultrasound to loosen the proteins in, technorati.com
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