[Comment] Alteplase in acute ischaemic stroke: the need for speed

Doctors treating patients who have had an acute ischaemic stroke must feel the need for speed more feverishly than a racing driver. Stroke does not hurt. There is none of the pain that might be registered on the face of a patient with acute myocardial infarction or the visceral sight of blood in the case of trauma to evoke a sense of immediacy. Yet stroke is exactly like acute myocardial infarction and acute trauma in the need for very fast treatment.

Source: LANCET - November 28, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Michael D Hill, Shelagh B Coutts Tags: Comment Source Type: research