TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR LEVEL LINKED TO RISK OF STROKE
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR LEVEL LINKED TO RISK OF STROKE, especially thromboembolic stroke, according to results of a study appearing in the April 16 issue of The Lancet. Led by Paul Ridker, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, the researchers concluded that "in this prospective study of apparently healthy men, a high t-PA antigen was associated with an increased risk of future stroke."