Fibrinolytic therapy of coronary thrombosis

Fibrinolytic Therapy of Coronary Thrombosis.

Fibrinolytic therapy and deep venous thrombosis.

SIR,-Further to the interesting leading article "Nutrition and Sleep" (20 May, p. 418) one may ask whether sleep is not the "natural" state and wakefulness merely a res,pite for the satisfaction of instinctual (and socially inculcated) drives. The hibernating animal is unlikely to chance upon dangerous predators. On this model the satisfqction of drives would lead to sleep and their continued f...

Late results of catheter-directed recombinant tissue plasminogen activator fibrinolytic therapy of iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis.

PURPOSE To evaluate the efficacy of catheter-directed low-dose recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator infusion in the treatment of iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis and prevention of post-thrombotic syndrome. METHOD Eighteen patients (out of 260 evaluated) with acute iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis and no previous evidence of venous insufficiency were prospectively selected for thr...

Fibrinolytic Drug Therapy in the Management of Intravascular Thrombosis, Especially Acute Myocardial Infarction - A Review

Intravascular thrombosis in the form of acute myocardial infarction, acute ischemic stroke etc has become a significant public health problem of late. There are numerous predisposing factors which contribute to the pathogenesis of this dreaded clinical condition. Appropriate and timely initiation of treatment in acute medical emergencies like ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) and Acute...

Fibrinolytic therapy in left side-prosthetic valve acute thrombosis. In depth systematic review.

BACKGROUND Limited data are available on the impact and safety of fibrinolytic therapy (FT) in left - side prosthetic valve acute thrombosis (PVAT). STUDY OBJECTIVE To improve our knowledge about the FT role in left -side PVAT. DESIGN Bibliographic search and analysis. METHODS MEDLINE search from January 1970 to January 2007. Studies were classified according to the evidence level recomme...