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Clinical Guideline
Standards
V5.0
01 Aug 2017
S129
Statement on Intravenous Thrombolysis for Ischaemic Stroke
On current evidence, intravenous thrombolysis as an intervention for acute stroke, administered to selected patients within three hours of symptom onset, may increase the odds of a better functional outcome. This is despite thrombolysis in stroke increasing the risk of intracranial haemorrhage and conferring no mortality benefit.