Many ischemic stroke patients do not get tPA, which can decrease their chances for recovery. Blacks, Hispanics, women and 'Stroke Belters' are less likely to get tPA. Patients treated in large ...

Research presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery's (SNIS) 22nd Annual Meeting included three studies ...

Some doctors who disagree that TPA is the best treatment believe it’s better to let a stroke just run its course. They’re calling on more studies to prove the benefits outweigh the risks when ...

Even when its clot-dissolving powers are removed, the stroke drug tPA can still protect brain cells from the loss of oxygen and glucose induced by a stroke, researchers have discovered. The ...

Many ischemic stroke patients do not get tPA, which can decrease their chances for recovery. Blacks, Hispanics, women and 'Stroke Belters' are less likely to get tPA. Patients treated in large ...

The finding suggests that a modified version of tPA could provide benefits to patients who have experienced a stroke, without increasing the risk of bleeding.

Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the U.S. claiming the lives of more than 140,000 Americans each year. But many lives could be spared if treatment was given sooner. Now, a new program ...

ECASS 3 was a randomized trial comparing tPA treatment with placebo in 821 stroke patients presenting three to 4.5 hours after symptom onset.

New studies are raising the question of whether patients with mild strokes or rapidly improving symptoms may also still reap benefit from treatment with tPA.

The use of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (IV tPA) in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients nearly doubled from 2003-2011.

Although tPA treatment for stroke is increasing over time, minorities, women and residents of 11 southeastern states that make up the "Stroke Belt" are left behind when it comes to receiving tPA ...

Even when its clot-dissolving powers are removed, the stroke drug tPA can still protect brain cells from the loss of oxygen and glucose induced by a stroke, researchers have discovered.