Volume 188 - Issue 8
Tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischaemic stroke
Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 488-490. || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01728.x
Published online: 21 April 2008
Published online: 21 April 2008
A recent study of a thrombolysis protocol for patients with acute stroke, and an accompanying editorial, prompted debate about the safety and efficacy of tissue plasminogen activator in stroke, and the data supporting its use for this indication. (MJA 2007; 187: 567-570 and 548-549)
James C Hurley — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 488. |
Gino J Toncich — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 489. |
Daniel M Fatovich — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 489. |
Julia J Batmanian, Meeyin Lam, Caitlin Matthews, Andrew Finckh, Martin Duffy, Robert Wright, Bruce J Brew and Romesh Markus — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 489-490. |
Stephen M Davis, Peter J Hand and Geoffrey A Donnan — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 490. |