Wayfaring MD

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Angiogram. Before and after treatment for ischemic stroke

There are several things in medicine that I’m pretty convinced are just plain magic, no science involved. tPA is one of them. I mean, you go from being stroked out to back to normal in a matter of minutes if it works. That has to be magic, right?

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    Angiogram. Before and after treatment for ischemic stroke...right?No. Alteplase works by...
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    science for the win. always.
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    100% science. Because science is fucking bad ass.
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    d’awwwh’. its my specialty :)
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