tPA for stroke : the story of a controversial drug / Justin A. Zivin, John Galbraith Simmons.

New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

xiv, 191 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Code stroke on Market street -- Clot-buster : the natural history -- Dead or alive -- Brain-O -- The brain doctors cometh : slowly -- What emergency? -- Money and brains -- Deer in the headlights -- Call 911, 112, 15 ... even 999 -- Persistence of a most controversial drug -- Through the looking glass -- Post-script.