New clot buster may expand treatment window for severe ischemic stroke

From: Formulary | Date: April 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Nashville. TN-A new intra-arterial treatment may expand the therapeutic window out to 6 hours for patients with the most severe kind of ischemic stroke, according to Anthony Furlan, MD.

Recombinant prourokinase, delivered an average of 5.3 hours after symptom onset, increased the likelihood of functional recovery in patients with middle cerebral artery occlusion, reported Dr. Furlan in announcing results of the second Prolyse in Acute Cerebral Thromboembolism (PROACT II) study.

"This is the first prospective, randomized, controlled acute stroke trial to show the clinical efficacy of ...

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