Urgent therapy for stroke. Part I. Pilot study of tissue plasminogen activator administered within 90 minutes.
Author(s) -
Thomas Brott,
E. Clarke Haley,
David E. Levy,
William G. Barsan,
Joseph P. Broderick,
G L Sheppard,
Judith Spilker,
Gail L. Kongable,
Sandra Massey,
Robert Reed
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.23.5.632
Subject(s) - medicine , tissue plasminogen activator , stroke (engine) , thrombolysis , t plasminogen activator , intensive care medicine , surgery , myocardial infarction , mechanical engineering , engineering
Thrombolytic agents hold theoretical promise as therapy for cerebral infarction. This study was designed to evaluate the safety of tissue plasminogen activator, to accomplish urgent patient treatment, and to estimate potential efficacy of tissue plasminogen activator.
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