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Finding a fast, reliable test to see if a bleeding stroke is still bleeding
January 13, 2015
Intracerebral hemorrhages, or bleeding strokes, are common and deadly. In 2010-2011, nearly 1,350 Ontario patients suffered a bleeding stroke — 37% of these died in hospital. One-in-three victims who arrive at the Emergency Department are still bleeding, which is potentially treatable with blood clotting drugs, if recognized. However, these blood clotting drugs can harm people whose bleeding has already stopped. Drs.
Dar Dowlatshahi
and
Santanu Chakraborty
have received $160,000 from the
Heart and Stroke Foundation
to adapt and validate a technique their team is pioneering that essentially turns a CAT scan into a video to determine if the person's brain is still bleeding and at what rate. This diagnostic technique would help physicians quickly determine who is at greatest risk and what treatment options would be safest and most effective.
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
The
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
is the research arm of
The Ottawa Hospital
and is an affiliated institute of the
University of Ottawa
, closely associated with its faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences. The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute includes more than 1,700 scientists, clinical investigators, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and staff conducting research to improve the understanding, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human disease. Support our research. Give to the
Tender Loving Research
campaign.
For further information, please contact
Paddy Moore
Communications and Public Relations
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Office: 613-737-8899 x73687
Cell: 613-323-5680
padmoore@ohri.ca