Stroke patients who reach hospitals within 'golden hour' twice as likely to get clot-busting drug
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 - 12:08
in Health & Medicine
Patients who arrived at specific hospitals within one hour of experiencing stroke symptoms received a powerful clot-busting drug twice as often as those who arrived later in the approved time window for treatment, according to a new study presented today at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2009.