Apoplexy researcher honoured
Clinical professor Grethe Andersen from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital receives the Hanstedgaard Foundation’s Annual Award of DKK 125,000. The award is made for her contribution to improving the treatment of patients with apoplexy, which is the name of a blood clot in the brain or cerebral haemorrhage.
Throughout her career – both the clinical and experimental – Grethe Andersen has worked with apoplexy, which is a serious disease that in the vast majority of cases is due to a blood clot in the brain.
These efforts to improve the treatment of patients who have had a blood clot in the brain or a cerebral haemorrhage are the reason why the Hanstedgaard Foundation has chosen to honour Grethe Andersen. The award is for DKK 125,000 and this money must be used for research activities.
In Denmark, Grethe Andersen has spearheaded the work of introducing blood clot dissolving medical treatment and the removal of large blood clots by catheter – methods for establishing the blood supply as soon as possible after an acute blood prop in the brain. After successful treatment, the chances of surviving without any injuries and of living a normal life again are significantly higher.
Contact
Clinical Professor Grethe Andersen
Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine and
Aarhus University Hospital, Department of Neurology
Tel.: (+45) 7846 3294
grethe.andersen@clin.au.dk