Filtered By:
Drug: Activase
Procedure: PET Scan

This page shows you your search results in order of date. This is page number 2.

Order by Relevance | Date

Total 37 results found since Jan 2013.

Tenecteplase in ischemic stroke offers improved recanalization: Analysis of 2 trials
Conclusions: Tenecteplase may offer greater recanalization efficacy compared to alteplase, possibly exaggerated in patients with complete vessel occlusions on baseline CTA.
Source: Neurology - July 3, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Bivard, A., Huang, X., Levi, C. R., Spratt, N., Campbell, B. C. V., Cheripelli, B. K., Kalladka, D., Moreton, F. C., Ford, I., Bladin, C. F., Davis, S. M., Donnan, G. A., Muir, K. W., Parsons, M. W. Tags: CT, MRI, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke, Infarction ARTICLE Source Type: research

Assessment of healthcare personnel knowledge of stroke care at a large referral hospital in sub-Saharan Africa – A survey based approach
Publication date: August 2017 Source:Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, Volume 42 Author(s): Chen Lin, Ravi Vakani, Peter Kussin, Mary Guhwe, Alfredo E. Farjat, Kingshuk Choudhury, David Renner, Chrispine Oduor, Carmelo Graffagnino There is no published literature regarding sub-Saharan health-care providers’ understanding of stroke management patterns. Understanding current stroke management knowledge is important in formulating future education opportunities for providers to optimize patient outcomes. A cross-sectional survey of acute stroke diagnosis, hospital management, and secondary prevention questions was administ...
Source: Journal of Clinical Neuroscience - June 29, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: research

Memphis Mobile Stroke Unit Saves Lives
A year after a mobile stroke unit hit the streets of Memphis, officials say it is saving lives by cutting the time it takes to treat stroke patients. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center began using the 14-ton ambulance last year as part of a three-year controlled study. The unit has a CT scanner that can X-ray images of the brain, and is equipped to provide early fluids to stroke patients and dye blood vessels to determine the type of stroke the patient has had. "The emergency room on average takes 40 to 50 minutes to do the things we do in 13 to 14 minutes," said Dr.Andrei Alexandrov, UTHSC neurolo...
Source: JEMS Special Topics - June 10, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Olivia Peterkin, The Commercial Appeal Tags: News Mobile Integrated Healthcare 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

Recurrent stroke in a patient with vitamin B12 deficiency and MTHFR mutation
We report an unusual case of recurrent stroke in a patient with vitamin B12 deficiency who was also homozygous for the methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene mutation. The patient was a 35-year-old male vegetarian with no known medical history who initially presented with global aphasia, slurred speech, right facial weakness, and right-sided hemiplegia and was found to have a stroke (NIH Stroke Scale score of 25). At that time a CT scan of the head ruled out intracranial hemorrhage and a CT angiogram of the head and neck was done. The patient was found to have occlusion of the M1 segment of the left middle cereb...
Source: Neurology Clinical Practice - February 12, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Zacharia, G., Shani, D., Ortiz, R. A. Tags: Stroke in young adults, Stroke prevention, Hematologic, All Cerebrovascular disease/Stroke Case Source Type: research

Improving Door-to-Needle Times for Acute Ischemic Stroke: Effect of Rapid Patient Registration, Moving Directly to Computed Tomography, and Giving Alteplase at the Computed Tomography Scanner Original Articles
Conclusions— Taking the patient to CT on the emergency medical services stretcher, registering the patient as unknown, STAT stroke protocol, and administering alteplase in CT are associated with lower DTN time.
Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes - January 16, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kamal, N., Holodinsky, J. K., Stephenson, C., Kashayp, D., Demchuk, A. M., Hill, M. D., Vilneff, R. L., Bugbee, E., Zerna, C., Newcommon, N., Lang, E., Knox, D., Smith, E. E. Tags: Quality and Outcomes, Ischemic Stroke Original Articles Source Type: research

Thrombolytic removal of intraventricular haemorrhage in treatment of severe stroke: results of the randomised, multicentre, multiregion, placebo-controlled CLEAR III trial
This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00784134. Findings Between Sept 18, 2009, and Jan 13, 2015, 500 patients were randomised: 249 to the alteplase group and 251 to the saline group. 180-day follow-up data were available for analysis from 246 of 249 participants in the alteplase group and 245 of 251 participants in the placebo group. The primary efficacy outcome was similar in each group (good outcome in alteplase group 48% vs saline 45%; risk ratio [RR] 1·06 [95% CI 0·88–1·28; p=0·554]). A difference of 3·5% (RR 1·08 [95% CI 0·90–1·29], p=0·420) was found after adjustment for intraventricular ...
Source: The Lancet - January 9, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: research

Stroke Care: A Balanced Approach to the tPA Debate
In conclusion, alteplase is the only treatment available for acute ischemic stroke that is effective in some patients. In order to improve tPA effectiveness and minimize risks, patients with symptoms suggestive of an AIS should get rapid assessment and treatment with tPA after careful review of the contraindications. Given that smaller strokes can still be associated with considerable long term neurological morbidity, treatment should still be considered in those patients after weighing the risks and benefits and in consultation with the patient and family. Advanced age should also not be a limiting factor. Although the NI...
Source: EPMonthly.com - December 31, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Logan Plaster Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Effects of alteplase on survival after ischaemic stroke (IST-3): 3 year follow-up of a randomised, controlled, open-label trial
We report the effect of intravenous alteplase on long-term survival after ischaemic stroke of participants in the Third International Stroke Trial (IST-3). Methods In IST-3, done at 156 hospitals in 12 countries (Australia, Europe, and the UK), participants (aged >18 years) were randomly assigned with a telephone voice-activated or web-based system in a 1:1 ratio to treatment with intravenous 0·9 mg/kg alteplase plus standard care or standard care alone within 6 h of ischaemic stroke. We followed up participants in the UK and Scandinavia (Sweden and Norway) for survival up to 3 years after randomisation using data...
Source: The Lancet Neurology - July 19, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Endovascular clot retrieval for acute ischaemic stroke: the Auckland City Hospital experience.
CONCLUSIONS: Endovascular clot retrieval can be safely and effectively performed in a New Zealand setting with similar results to recent trials in anterior circulation occlusion patients. We suggest that District Health Boards develop clot retrieval services as part of regional hyperacute stroke treatment pathways. PMID: 26922449 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - March 1, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Tags: N Z Med J Source Type: research

Intra-Arterial Therapy and Post-Treatment Infarct Volumes: Insights From the ESCAPE Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Sciences
Conclusions— These results support the primary results of the ESCAPE trial and show that the biological underpinning of the success of endovascular therapy is a reduction in infarct volume. Clinical Trial Registration— URL: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Unique identifier: NCT01778335.
Source: Stroke - February 22, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Al-Ajlan, F. S., Goyal, M., Demchuk, A. M., Minhas, P., Sabiq, F., Assis, Z., Willinsky, R., Montanera, W. J., Rempel, J. L., Shuaib, A., Thornton, J., Williams, D., Roy, D., Poppe, A. Y., Jovin, T. G., Sapkota, B. L., Baxter, B. W., Krings, T., Silver, F Tags: Imaging, Quality and Outcomes, Ischemic Stroke Clinical Sciences Source Type: research

Effect of alteplase on the CT hyperdense artery sign and outcome after ischemic stroke
Conclusions: IV alteplase promotes measurable reduction in HAS regardless of HAS location or extent. Alteplase increased independence at 6 months in patients with and without HAS. Classification of evidence: This study provides Class I evidence that for patients within 6 hours of ischemic stroke with a CT hyperdense artery sign, IV alteplase reduced intra-arterial hyperdense thrombus.
Source: Neurology - January 11, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Mair, G., von Kummer, R., Morris, Z., von Heijne, A., Bradey, N., Cala, L., Peeters, A., Farrall, A. J., Adami, A., Potter, G., Cohen, G., Sandercock, P. A. G., Lindley, R. I., Wardlaw, J. M., For the IST-3 Collaborative Group Tags: CT, Clinical trials Randomized controlled (CONSORT agreement), Class I, Infarction ARTICLE Source Type: research

Endovascular clot retrieval for acute ischaemic stroke: the Auckland City Hospital experience.
CONCLUSIONS: Endovascular clot retrieval can be safely and effectively performed in a New Zealand setting with similar results to recent trials in anterior circulation occlusion patients. We suggest that District Health Boards develop clot retrieval services as part of regional hyperacute stroke treatment pathways. PMID: 26645756 [PubMed - in process]
Source: New Zealand Medical Journal - December 13, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Tags: N Z Med J Source Type: research