Editor's Choice Academic Journal Main Category: Stroke Also Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology Article Date: 19 Jun 2013 - 0:00 PDT
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In addition, the prompter the treatment, the higher the rate of walking ability at discharge.
Intravenous (IV) tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) is a form of treatment proven to help stroke patients within 4.5 hours of onset of symptoms.
The authors wrote as background information "available evidence suggests a strong influence of time to therapy on the magnitude of treatment benefit."
A stroke occurs when brain cells suddenly die due to lack of oxygen caused by either a disruption in blood flow or a rupture of an artery to the brain. Following a stroke a patient may experience memory problems, inability to speak and paralysis.
Every two seconds a stroke occurs somewhere in the world, it is the major cause of acquired disabilities worldwide.
Using imaging techniques, researchers have found that irreversibly injured tissue in acute cerebral ischemia expands over time.
The researchers explained:
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Speed Vital For Stroke Patients' Survival