Potential candidate for thrombolytic therapy

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Which of these patients is the best potential candidate for thrombolytic therapy? A patient who has new-onset isolated aphasia, with stroke symptom onset at 5 p.m. followed by ED arrival at 7:05 p.m., and an NIHSS score of 2 A patient who has diabetes mellitus and a remote history of ischemic stroke, with stroke symptom onset at 1 p.m. followed by emergency department (ED) arrival at 4 p.m., and a National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score of 8 A patient who started taking an anticoagulant 2 weeks ago for new atrial fibrillation, with stroke symptom onset at 2 p.m. followed by ED arrival at 2:45 p.m., and an International Normalized Ratio (INR) in the therapeutic range.

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