New clot-busting medication simplified stroke treatment in specialized ambulance
February 01, 2024
February 01, 2024
DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 1 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release:
Research Highlights:
Compared with the standard medication alteplase, the newer clot-busting medication tenecteplase may offer a safe, effective and simpler way to treat clot-caused stroke in special ambulances called mobile stroke units. Tenecteplase is given in a simpler, single injection into the bloodstream, while alteplase requires an hour-long infusio . . .
Research Highlights:
Compared with the standard medication alteplase, the newer clot-busting medication tenecteplase may offer a safe, effective and simpler way to treat clot-caused stroke in special ambulances called mobile stroke units. Tenecteplase is given in a simpler, single injection into the bloodstream, while alteplase requires an hour-long infusio . . .