Stroke group expands time for clot-busting drugs

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 05/28/2009 - 15:25

DALLAS (AP) -- A change to stroke treatment guidelines is expanding the time that some patients can get clot-busting drugs.

Current recommendations limit the use of the medicine to within three hours after the start of stroke symptoms.

That treatment window is now being lengthened to 4 1/2 hours for some patients....

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