PROLONGED INTRACORONARY INFUSION OF STREPTOKINASE - AN ALTERNATIVE PHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACH TO EXTENSIVE THROMBUS IN NATIVE CORONARY-ARTERY

Authors
KJELLGREN O WILENTZ JR KAGANOVSKY L SHERMAN W
Citation
O. Kjellgren et al., PROLONGED INTRACORONARY INFUSION OF STREPTOKINASE - AN ALTERNATIVE PHARMACOLOGICAL APPROACH TO EXTENSIVE THROMBUS IN NATIVE CORONARY-ARTERY, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 33(1), 1994, pp. 80-84
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
33
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
80 - 84
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1994)33:1<80:PIIOS->2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Several reports suggest that pretreatment of intracoronary thrombus wi th fibrinolytic agents may reduce the risk for complications during su bsequent balloon angioplasty. We report a case, for the first time, of successful lysis of an extensive thrombus in a native coronary artery by administering a prolonged intracoronary infusion of streptokinase to facilitate subsequent angioplasty and discuss the management strate gy when intracoronary thrombus is encountered. (C) 1994 Wiley-Liss, In c.