thrombolytic therapy

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thrombolytic therapy - therapy consisting of the administration of a pharmacological agent to cause thrombolysis of an abnormal blood clot

therapy - (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.); "the quarterback is undergoing treatment for a knee injury"; "he tried every treatment the doctors suggested"; "heat therapy gave the best relief"

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Patients in group 1 were treated with percutaneous coronary intervention, while those in group 2 received thrombolytic therapy. Cell death detection enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit was used for the analysis of cardiomyocyte apoptosis.

Apoptosis kinetics at reperfusion period in patients with acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention and treated with thrombolytic therapy

Under the premise of ensuring the effectiveness, low-dose rt-PA thrombolytic therapy could not only reduce the risks of such high-dose treatment caused serious complications as gastrointestinal bleeding and cerebral bleeding but also reduce the economic burden of the patients.

Clinical efficacy and safety of hypernormal shortened door to needle time (DNT) plus individualized low-dose alteplase therapy in treating acute ischemic stroke

Patient treatment delay, which is of particular concern among African Americans, is one of the major reasons for thrombolytic therapy underuse among patients with ischemic stroke.

Internet stroke preparedness for African American women

Thrombolytic therapy or surgery for valve prosthesis thrombosis: systematic review and metaanalysis.

THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY IN PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; EFFICACY AND OUTCOME

In resource-crunched settings like rural India, where Cath Lab facilities are scarce, thrombolytic therapy is still an important part of the early treatment of STEMI.

THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY IN STEMI--RELEVANCE IN CURRENT WORLD OF INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

References described 17 patients with MPE who received high dosage of thrombolytic therapy before or after (less than 24 hours) undergoing resuscitation.

USE OF HIGH-DOSE OF UROKINASE DURING CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION FOR CLINICALLY SUSPECTED MASSIVE PULMONARY EMBOLISM

Early monitoring of serum cardiac troponin I for assessment of coronary reperfusion following thrombolytic therapy. Am J Clin Path 1996;105:6-10.

Biochemical markers of the acute coronary syndromes

According to a report by Kidderminster Healthcare Trust, the Thrombolytic Therapy is being given to patients at the hospital at Tenbury Wells to dissolve blood clots in heart attack cases.

Drugs service boost for heart attack victims

Although the potential benefits of thrombolytic therapy are substantial, so too are the risks and the service implications.

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Consensus Conference on Medical Management of Stroke, 26-27 May 1998

Cost-effectiveness of thrombolytic therapy with tissue plasminogen activator as compared with streptokinase for acute myocardial infarction, N Engl J Med, 1995, 332:1418-24.

Cost-effectiveness and coverage policy. (Health Care Technology)

(They are not used on patients who are receiving thrombolytic therapy to break up existing blood clots.) Oral forms of these super aspirins have not shown any benefit over aspirin use.

Tailoring Use of Platelet Inhibitors

Health Secretary Alan Milburn will today ask medical watchdogs to fast track approval for the treatment, called thrombolytic therapy.