Alteplase given promptly after stroke reduces long-term disability, even in older people, those with severe stroke
Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - 11:02
in Health & Medicine
Many more stroke patients could benefit from thrombolytic treatment (the use of drugs to break up or dissolve blood clots), but it needs to be administered as quickly as possible after the first signs of illness, according to new findings from the largest meta-analysis to date investigating the clot-busting drug alteplase. The study involved more than 6700 stroke patients.