Hostname: page-component-54dcc4c588-42vt5 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-10-14T00:09:59.748Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Intravenous tPA for acute stroke

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Gord Gubitz
Affiliation:
Neurology, ggubitz@is.dal.ca
Steve Phillips
Affiliation:
Neurology, jimchris@unixg.ubc.ca, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, NS

Abstract

Image of the first page of this content. For PDF version, please use the ‘Save PDF’ preceeding this image.'

Information

Type
Letters • Courrier
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2001

References

1.Rhine, D.Intravenous tPA for acute stroke: Any and all hospitals? Any and all docs? CJEM 2000; 2(3):18991.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
2.Katzan, IL, Furlan, AJ, Lloyd, LE, Frank, JI, Harper, DL, Hinchley, JA, et al. Use of tissue-type plasminogen activator for acute stroke: the Cleveland area experience. JAMA 2000;283(9):11518.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
3.Tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischemic stroke. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke rt-PA Stroke Study Group. N Engl J Med 1995; 333(24):15817.Google Scholar
4.Wardlaw, JM, del Zoppo, G, Yamaguchi, T. Thrombolytic therapy in acute ischaemic stroke. Part 1: Thrombolysis versus control. Oxford: Update Software. The Coch-rane Library 2000: issue 2.Google Scholar
5.Gubitz, G, Sandercock, P, Counsell, C, Signorini, D. Anticoagulants for acute ischaemic stroke. Oxford: Update Software. The Cochrane Library 2000: issue 2.Google Scholar