Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Stroke

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lyden, Patrick D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 3rd ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Cardiology.; Neurology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.

Thrombolytic therapy is now reaching patients in a variety of settings all over the world.  Formerly in the domain of sub-specialists, thrombolytic therapy now rests in the realm of emergency medicine, intensive care, vascular, and neurocritical physicians.  Extensively updated from previous edition...

Table of Contents:

• Mechanisms of Thrombolysis
• The Ischemic Penumbra and Cell Survival
• The March of Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke to Clinical Trials: Pre-Clinical Thrombolysis and Adjuncts to Thrombolysis Research
• Combination of Thrombolytic Therapy with Antithrombotics and Neuroprotectants
• Pilot and Preliminary Studies of Thrombolytic Therapy for Stroke
• Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Ischemic Stroke: Results of Large, Randomized Clinical Trials
• Intra-Arterial Thrombolysis in Acute Ischemic Stroke
• Mechanical Revascularization with Embolectomy Devices
• Combinations of Intravenous t-PA and Endovascular Therapy
• Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Stroke and the Test of Time
• How to Run an Effective Code Stroke
• Telestroke: Delivery and Design
• The Impact of Neuroimaging on Acute Stroke Treatment: Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• The rt-PA for Acute Stroke Protocol.