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A 72-year-old man presents with sudden onset right-sided weakness and expressive aphasia that began 90 minutes ago. CT brain shows no haemorrhage. He has a blood pressure of 170/95 mmHg and a blood glucose of 6.8 mmol/L. There are no contraindications to thrombolysis. According to current Australian and New Zealand stroke guidelines, what is the most appropriate next step?

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