The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has issued a new scientific statement on the rationale for the inclusion and exclusion criteria for intravenous alteplase (tissue ...

May 28, 2009 — A new science advisory from the American Heart Association (AHA ... rtPA within 3 to 4.5 hours after stroke in patients with these exclusion criteria is not well established ...

Patient eligibility for rtPA treatment and individual exclusion criteria was determined using the 2013 AHA and European Cooperative Acute Stroke Study (ECASS) III guidelines. The study was funded ...