Ultrasound-Enhanced Systemic Thrombolysis is a medical technology.

Researchers at the Texas Medical Center have been using a technique called Ultrasound-Enhanced Systemic Thrombolysis (transcranial doppler ultrasonography) to treat stroke-causing blood clots. It is thought that transcranial doppler ultrasonography aimed at residual obstructive intracranial blood flow may help expose thrombi to tissue plasminogen activator.

Studies have shown that complete recanalisation or dramatic clinical recovery can be increased by more than 19% when using transcranial doppler ultrasonography.

External links

• Ultrasound-Enhanced Systemic Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke NEJM
• Ultrasound-Enhanced Systemic Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke thedoctorslounge.net
• Ultrasound-enhanced systemic thrombolysis for acute ischaemic stroke druginfozone.nhs.uk
• CLOTBUST: Design of a Randomized Trial of Ultrasound-Enhanced Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke sagepub.com
• Combined Lysis of Thrombus in Brain Ischemia with Transcranial Ultrasound and Systemic TPA Internet Stroke Center

See also

• Ultrasound
• Stroke
• tissue plasminogen activator

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