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The study of the efficacy of thrombolytic agents in the treatment of acute stroke derives from the observation that stroke is typically an atherothrombotic or thromboembolic process [1, 6], Careful intraarterial infusion of the thrombolytic agents urokinase (u-PA) and streptokinase may lead to thrombus dissolution and clinical improvement in selected patients presenting with acute thrombotic or thromboembolic stroke [1, 2–4 7], This experience has provided the practical background for the evaluation of the relatively fibrin specific agent recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) delivered by intravenous infusion. A predominantly two-chain rt-PA preparation (duteplase, Burroughs Wellcome, Beckenham, UK) has been employed in a prospective open multicenter dose-rate safety and efficacy study of thrombolysis m acute thrombotic and thromboembolic stroke.
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del Zoppo, G.J., Ferbert, A. (1991). Intravenous Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Acute Thrombotic Stroke: Study Design, Recanalization, and Clinical Outcome. In: Hacke, W., del Zoppo, G.J., Hirschberg, M. (eds) Thrombolytic Therapy in Acute Ischemic Stroke. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76439-4_17
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