title: Use of thrombolytic therapy in acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: The use of thrombolytic therapy in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction is now common practice. This article examines the physiological basis of thrombolytic therapy, the contraindications to its use and the nursing care of patients undergoing such therapy.
authors.affiliation: Nurse Teacher at Tor and South West College of Health, Torbay Centre, Torbay Hospital, Devon.
authors.forename: Martyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bradbury
authors.affiliation: Nurse Tutor at Mid-Trent College of Nursing and Midwifery, Grantham Hospital, Grantham, Lincolnshire.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pope Cruickshank