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Published: February 20, 2020

Lower dose of newer clot-buster may be appropriate for some stroke patients

American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference – Late Breaking Science News Release (LB 1)

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Clot busting tPA administered illustration

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Bruce C. Campbell M.B.B.S., presents LB1

Bruce C. Campbell, M.B.B.S., presents Determining the Optimal Dose of Tenecteplase Before Endovascular Thrombectomy (EXTEND-IA TNK Part 2): A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial during the Thursday Main Event at the American Heart Association / American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

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Bruce C. Campbell M.B.B.S., presents LB1 — Bruce C. Campbell M.B.B.S., presents LB1

Bruce C. Campbell, M.B.B.S., presents Determining the Optimal Dose of Tenecteplase Before Endovascular Thrombectomy (EXTEND-IA TNK Part 2): A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Trial during the Thursday Main Event at the American Heart Association / American Stroke Association International Stroke Conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

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Bruce Campbell , M.B.B.S., B.Med.Sc., Ph.D.

Bruce Campbell, M.B.B.S. B.Med.Sc., Ph.D., head of stroke, Royal Melbourne Hospital and professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

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Bruce Campbell, M.B.B.S. B.Med.Sc., Ph.D., head of stroke, Royal Melbourne Hospital and professorial fellow at the University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia

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Mitchell S. V. Elkind, M.D., M.S., FAHA, FAAN, president elect of the American Heart Association, past chair of the Advisory Committee of the American Stroke Association — a division of the American Heart Association and professor of neurology and epidemiology at Columbia University New York and attending neurologist at Columbia University Medical Center of the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

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Ischemic Stroke with tPA animation

A computer generated graphic of a clot in the brain and the clot-busting drug, tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), working to dissolve the clot and improve blood flow to the part of the brain being deprived.

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