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Thrombolysis versus Thrombectomy in Acute Deep Vein Thrombosis

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a significant health problem, leading to the hospital admission of over 250,000 Americans each year. Its most serious acute complication, namely pulmonary embolus, kills ...
Healio

Each minute delay of IV thrombolysis worsens survival, functional outcomes in stroke

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For every 1-minute delay in delivery of IV thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke, the chance of survival ...
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PEERLESS: FlowTriever Tops Catheter-Directed Thrombolysis for Acute PE

WASHINGTON, DC—In PEERLESS, the first randomized controlled trial pitting two different interventional strategies against each other in pulmonary embolism (PE), patients with acute intermediate-risk ...
TCTMD

ASSET-IT: Tirofiban Boosts Outcomes After IV Thrombolysis for Acute Stroke

HELSINKI, Finland—Adding IV tirofiban improves functional outcomes among patients undergoing systemic thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke within 4.5 hours of symptom onset, results from the ...
Nature

Mild acute ischaemic stroke—the case for thrombolytic therapy

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 ...
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Thrombolysis versus Thrombectomy in Acute Deep Vein Thrombosis

Grade 1 SIR Thrombolysis – less than 50% thrombus removal. Grade 2 SIR Thrombolysis – 50 to 95% thrombus removal. Grade 3 SIR Thrombolysis – greater than 95%. These are quite broad ranges but is ...