tPA+ASA patients were more often men (p = 0.015), were older (p = 0.049), had more often large artery disease (p<0.001), atrial fibrillation (p = 0.001), ICA occlusions (p<0.001) and received more often acute stenting of the ICA (p<0.001). Here, PLAT is linked to atrial fibrillation.