Thrombolytic treatment in patients with acute ischemic stroke improves their clinical prognosis when administered within three hours of symptom onset. We report the case of a 57-year-old patient with a history of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and hypertension who developed an anterior acute myocardial infarction after systemic thrombolytic treatment for acute ischemic stroke. Embolization of a pre-existing cardiac thrombus or in situ formation of a thrombus in a coronary artery has to be considered as a potential adverse effect of thrombolytic therapy in stroke patients.
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