Stoke

Drug May Have Longer Window Of Utility

Published in Blood Weekly, February 7th, 2002

Some stroke patients should be given a blood clot-busting drug even if several hours have passed since their stroke began, according to a new study.

Australian researchers administered the drug rtPA to patients up to six hours after their strokes and observed that brain damage was reduced and recovery enhanced.

"This research shows that although rtPA is not for everybody suffering from a stroke more than three hours old, it may work for those who have a large area of brain that is threatened but not yet permanently damaged by the stroke," said Steven Warach, MD, PhD, of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke in Bethesda,...

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