This finding will expand eligibility for thrombolysis in the U.S. Concomitant diabetes mellitus and prior stroke is thought to potentially mitigate the benefits of thrombolytic therapy for acute ...

Intravenous thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (IV rtPA) is an established and effective treatment for acute ischaemic stroke. 1,2,3 tPA is a serine protease that catalyses the ...

The advent of thrombolytic therapy initiated the era of pharmacologic reperfusion in the acute phase of myocardial infarction (MI). Although it was a major improvement in the treatment of acute MI ...

Adding intravascular ultrasound energy does not improve the efficacy of catheter-directed thrombolysis therapy in patients with acute iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis (DVT), according to a randomized ...

45 year-old male patient with no cardiac risk factors, presented following 4 hours of typical chest pain and shortness of breath. On physical examination, he had a BP= 85/60mmhg, HR= 90/min, and O2 ...