{"id":637,"date":"2010-05-12T11:36:43","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T15:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/?p=637"},"modified":"2010-05-14T13:33:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-14T17:33:00","slug":"dr-thomas-mirsen-discusses-stroke-with-cbs3-following-beau-biden-hospitalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/news\/2010\/05\/dr-thomas-mirsen-discusses-stroke-with-cbs3-following-beau-biden-hospitalization\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Thomas Mirsen Discusses Stroke with CBS3 Following Beau Biden Hospitalization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beau Biden, the Attorney General in Delaware and son of Vice President Joe Biden, suffered a mild stroke Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>As part of their coverage, CBS3&#8217;s medical reporter, Stephanie Stahl, spoke with Thomas Mirsen, M.D., Director of the Stroke Program at Cooper University Hospital, for perspective and additional information about stroke symptoms, treatment and recovery.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If it lasts for more than a few minutes, then you lose brain cells, the brain cells die,&#8221; said Dr. Thomas Mirsen, Director of the Stroke Program at Cooper University Hospital.\u00a0 &#8220;If it&#8217;s a blood clot within a blood vessel, you can give this drug called tpa to dissolve the clot. 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