RT Book, Section A1 Go, Steven A1 Kornegay, Josh A2 Tintinalli, Judith E. A2 Ma, O. John A2 Yealy, Donald M. A2 Meckler, Garth D. A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan A2 Cline, David M. A2 Thomas, Stephen H. SR Print(0) ID 1205624822 T1 Stroke Syndromes T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e YR 2020 FD 2020 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781260019933 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1205624822 RD 2024/04/19 AB Content Update: Tenecteplase (TNKase) Thrombolytic Treatment, December 2023Information is provided in the section entitled Tenecteplase (TNKase) under Thrombolysis Background. Please also review current TNKase dosing recommendations.Terminology: rtPA (recombinant tissue plasminogen activator) is a drug class that includes alteplase and tenecteplase. Early clinical work on thrombolytics used rtPA interchangeably with alteplase because it was the only agent available. Terminology has been harmonized wherever possible to distinguish tenecteplase and alteplase.