thrombolysis
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She was scanned and given thrombolysis - clot-busting medication - before being transferred to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast for a thrombectomy.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Her family said Brighton's new £500m hospital had a stroke unit staffed by specialists, but their mother, on arrival, was given contradictory advice from clinicians regarding the implications of a clot-removing thrombolysis.
From BBC ● May 29, 2024
They performed emergency thrombolysis to break down the blood clot in Aberdeen before flying her to a specialist neurological unit in Edinburgh.
From BBC ● May 24, 2017
The academy's review, which starts on Wednesday, will also consider the use of the clot-busting stroke treatment alteplase - a technique called thrombolysis.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2015
In an accompanying editorial, Joshua Beckman writes that “the net clinical benefit of thrombolysis suggests evidence of modest efficacy for thrombolysis in intermediate-risk PE, rendering the need for decision making on a patient-by-patient basis.”
From Forbes ● Jun. 17, 2014
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