Also, angioplasty results in an open coronary artery 90 percent of the time, compared with 54 percent for thrombolytic drugs.
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The death rate for patients treated with thrombolytics was 18 percent, compared with 15.4 percent for the other patients.
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Current research by Professor Keith Muir at the University of Glasgow is working to improve thrombolytic research with funding from the charity.
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The standard of care in the community is generally that of cardiac catheterization ( not thrombolytics ) for heart attacks requiring intervention.
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His clinical experience in endovascular intervention in part contributed to the clinical approval of treatment indication using thrombolytic therapy in acute pulmonary embolism.
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Thrombolytic drugs are contraindicated for the treatment of unstable angina and NSTEMI and for the treatment of individuals with evidence of cardiogenic shock.
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The Centre also offers emergency stroke services with 24-hour availability for emergency thrombolytic therapy of intra-arterial or intravenous thrombolysis.
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Clot-busting drugs, called thrombolytics, open up heart arteries sort of the same way Drano unclogs kitchen pipes, Roberts says.
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With sales of $ 284 million in 1996, the Genentech drug has taken 80 percent of the U . S . market for thrombolytics.
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The drugs, called thrombolytics, dissolve potentially fatal blood clots and can reduce the risk of dying after a heart attack by 18 percent.
