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A 71-year-old man presents with sudden onset right-sided weakness and expressive dysphasia 90 minutes ago. CT brain shows no haemorrhage. Blood pressure is 160/90 mmHg, glucose 6.8 mmol/L and there are no contraindications to thrombolysis. What is the most appropriate next step?

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