<s>[INST] How to treat a patient with acute stroke? [/INST] If you have ischaemic stroke, you may be treated with a clot-dissolving medicine. The earlier the treatment, the better the outcome.

An endovascular procedure or mechanical thrombectomy is another option to remove a clot in eligible patients with a large vessel occlusion.

In this procedure, doctors use a wire-cage device called a stent retriever. They thread a catheter through an artery in the groin up to the blocked artery in the brain. The stent opens and grabs the clot. Special suction tubes may also remove the clot.

The procedure:

Should be done within six hours of onset of acute stroke symptoms
Can benefit patients under certain conditions if done even within 24 hours of onset
Should include clot-dissolving medicine in eligible patients Source: MALAYSIA STROKE COUNCIL . Link: https://www.strokecouncil.org/stroke-faq/. Field: Neurology. Disease: Stroke </s>