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Is extended treatment timeframe following strokes sound science?
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Air date: July 8, 2012
Host: David Crabb, MD
Interview: Gregory del Zoppo, Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology, University of Washington School of Medicine
Tissue plasminogen activator, otherwise known as tPA, has been critical in dissolving blood clots in stroke patients. Current recommendations dictate that this powerful drug should be administered within three hours, but new studies suggest tPA is still beneficial within a six-hour time frame. Gregory del Zoppo, M.D., professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, discusses the implications of this study for stroke patients and the history of tPA.
Additional Resources:
- Learn more about a new study showing that the clot-busting drug tPA is effective up to six hours after a stroke here.
