Open AccessExpanding the Window for Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Stroke
Author(s) -
Gregory W. Albers
Publication year - 1999
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.30.10.2230
Subject(s) - medicine , penumbra , thrombolysis , lesion , stroke (engine) , tissue plasminogen activator , acute stroke , radiology , perfusion scanning , clinical trial , infarction , cardiology , perfusion , ischemia , surgery , myocardial infarction , mechanical engineering , engineering
Effective therapy was not available for treatment of acute stroke until 1995, when tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) was shown to improve neurological and functional outcome in stroke patients who were treated within 3 hours of symptom onset.
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