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Most stroke patients not getting clot-busting treatment in timely manner

Written by CPRpros on April 8, 2011 — Leave a Comment

American Stroke Association Meeting Report Study Highlights:

Less than one-third of stroke patients treated with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) received the clot-busting drug within 60 minutes or less of their arrival.
A hospital arrival-to-treatment initiation time known as [...]

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