Abstract: There are defined windows of opportunities during which stroke can be treated. Various clinical trials testing a variety of drugs and the overall management of stroke are discussed. ... Read more

When we are wounded, either externally (for instance, when we cut ourselves) or internally (for instance, due to gastric ulcer or brain hemorrhage), blood clots — sponge-like plugs that are rapidly formed in response to the injury by activated blood platelets and fibrin in a process called coagulation — prevent profound bleeding. Thus, good or hemostatic clots save our lives.

However, under pathological conditions blood clots can also form inside vessels. Such bad or thrombotic clots occlude blood vessels and cause oxygen starvation of vital organs including the brain (stroke), heart (acute myocardial infarction) or lungs (pulmonary embolism). Thrombosis is one ... Read more