| 11. | She could also be treated, with a simple injection, with a thrombolytic drug to dissolve blood clots.
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| 12. | "Previous randomized trials have suggested benefits of primary angioplasty over thrombolytic therapy in the elderly,"
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| 13. | Unlike anticoagulants, thrombolytic agents work directly to resolve the clot over a period of 24 to 48 hours.
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| 14. | Currently available thrombolytic agents include streptokinase, urokinase, and alteplase ( recombinant tissue plasminogen activator, rtPA ).
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| 15. | The thrombolytic agent used in a particular individual is based on institution preference and the age of the patient.
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| 16. | While hospitalized, 69 percent of candidates for thrombolytics, drugs designed to dissolve blood clots, received the therapy.
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| 17. | The test was evaluated in 1, 402 patients taking part in the federally financed Thrombolytic and Myocardial Infarction Study.
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| 18. | Bradberry gave him a thrombolytic, a clot-busting drug that increases the survival chances for heart attack victims.
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| 19. | Thrombolytic therapy is used in myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction, and, on occasion, in massive pulmonary embolism.
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| 20. | Focused ultrasound, either alone or enhanced by microbubbles and / or thrombolytic agents, can also dissolve blood clots.
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