The enormous initial success of treating coronary thrombosis with thrombolytic therapy made the thrombolytic treatment of ischaemic stroke the obvious next step. Although coronary thrombolysis has now been superseded by primary angioplasty, thrombolysis is the standard of care for stroke if it can be done within 4.5 hours of the known onset of a stroke. 1
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/doctor/neurology/thrombolytic-treatment-of-acute-ischaemic-stroke