Left ventricular thrombus in anterior acute myocardial infarction after thrombolysis. A GISSI-2 connected study.
Author(s) -
C Vecchio,
Francesco Chiarella,
Gabriele Lupi,
Paolo Bellotti,
Stefano Domenicucci
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.84.2.512
Subject(s) - medicine , streptokinase , myocardial infarction , thrombolysis , cardiology , heparin , left ventricular thrombus , thrombosis , ejection fraction , thrombus , t plasminogen activator , plasminogen activator , heart failure
Streptokinase reduces the incidence of left ventricular thrombosis after acute myocardial infarction. However, it is unknown whether a similar effect can be obtained with different thrombolytic agents and whether subcutaneous calcium heparin can have an additional efficacy.
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