Early findings suggest that IA tenecteplase after successful thrombectomy is safe and improves functional outcomes over standard care in anterior circulation LVO stroke.

My neighbor had a stroke and received a "clot buster" medication. Then, I found out my uncle had a surgery after a stroke.

Patients with acute stroke benefit from thrombolysis ... treating patients who receive IV tPA with additional endovascular therapies. For now, endovascular treatment remains an important option ...

Controversy over tPA, which was first approved for stroke in 1996, has diminished today. But it has not disappeared. Without a powerful current of change, untold future victims will fail to receive ...

Intravenous delivered tPA is approved by the FDA for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. The drug can make a big difference, but only if it is given within a specified time frame (up to four and a ...

In any case, there was no mortality signal associated with alteplase administered up to 24 hours after a stroke in HOPE.

Ischaemic stroke can lead to permanent neurological damage and often death if not diagnosed and treated promptly. There is therefore an urgent need for novel treatment approaches. Now, writing in ...

A rapid blood test could speed treatment for people who have suffered a stroke related to brain bleeding, a new study says.

ACTEAST aims to improve access and efficiency of treatment for ischemic stroke across all 4 provinces in Atlantic ... Treating patients faster with both alteplase (tPA) and endovascular thrombectomy ...

During an ischemic stroke, blood vessels in the brain are blocked or narrowed. During a hemorrhagic stroke, there's bleeding ...