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Stroke survivors lose a month of healthy life for every 15 minute delay
New research published in the journal Stroke, from the American Heart Association, found that reducing delays by just a few minutes could lead to big gains    
Source: Telegraph Health - March 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: stroke survivors hospital ischaemic stroke alteplase Source Type: news

Gender gap in stroke treatment likely due to delay by women seeking care
Women with clot-caused strokes are less likely than men to arrive at the hospital in time to receive the best treatment, according to a European study reported in the American Heart Association journal Stroke. In the study, 11 percent of women with acute ischemic strokes were treated with the clot-dissolving medication alteplase, compared with 14 percent of men. Study participants included 5,515 patients at 12 hospitals in the Netherlands...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - July 29, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news

ENCHANTED results challenge reduced alteplase dose in Asian stroke patients
A reduced dose of alteplase has failed to prove itself noninferior to the standard dose in a predominantly Asian population of patients with ischaemic stroke.
Source: MedWire News - May 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news

Alteplase confers long-term survival benefit after stroke
Alteplase treatment in patients with acute ischaemic stroke is associated with a survival benefit among those who survive the acute phase, shows further analysis of IST-3.
Source: MedWire News - July 26, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Stroke Source Type: news

Lori’s Stroke Required Help From Doctors An Hour Away. Telemedicine Provided It.
Editor’s note: Our previous stories this American Stroke Month featured warning signs heeded and missed. Today we shift gears to showcase a textbook response to a stroke, including the crucial role of telestroke, a way for experts at another facility to help care for a patient via a webcam-type connection. The CHRONIC Care Act, which includes a provision to require Medicare to cover telestroke, will be discussed Tuesday during a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee. Lori Hoopingarner savored her occasional weekend getaway. Between running her financial advising company, raising a 10-year-old daughter and 6-year-old s...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

I.V. Thrombolysis With Tenecteplase in Patients With LVO I.V. Thrombolysis With Tenecteplase in Patients With LVO
Is intravenous thrombolysis with tenecteplase an effective alternative to alteplase for acute ischemic stroke in patients with large vessel occlusions?Stroke
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 3, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Journal Article Source Type: news