Health News from Medical News Today: Use Of Clot Busters For Stroke Increased From 2005 To 2009, But Still Low

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Use Of Clot Busters For Stroke Increased From 2005 To 2009, But Still Low 3 Jun 2011, 8:00 am The use of clot-busting drugs to treat acute ischemic stroke increased from 2005 through 2009 - but is still low, according to research reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. Clot-busting drugs are known as thrombolytics, and tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) is the only FDA-approved thrombolytic for treating acute ischemic stroke, which is caused by a blood clot in the brain... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.