Adjunctive Therapy Approaches for Ischemic Stroke: Innovations to Expand Time Window of Treatment

Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) thrombolysis remains the gold standard treatment for ischemic stroke. A time-constrained therapeutic window, with the drug to be given within 4.5 h after stroke onset, and lethal side effects associated with delayed treatment, most notably hemorrhagic transformatio...

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Main Authors: Talia Knecht, Jacob Story, Jeffrey Liu, Willie Davis, Cesar V. Borlongan, Ike C. dela Peña
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-12-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/18/12/2756