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TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR creates PLASMINOGEN, which dissolves clots. This might help prevent venous thrombi, but that wouldn't explain why the doctor gave it immediately.

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to clear the clot out of his cerebral artery

to stop the bleeding from his cerebral artery

to prevent him from developing venous thrombi while on bed rest

 
A man had a stroke, and the doctor gave him tissue plasminogen activator immediately. Why?