Intermittent, dose-related fluctuations of pain and ST elevation during infusion of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator during acute myocardial infarction

Gabriel I. Barbash*, Hanoch Hod, Shemuel Rath, Hilton I. Miller, Arie Roth, Yedahel Har-Zahav, Michaela Modan, Zeev Rotstein, Alex Batler, Ariela Zivelin, Joseph Charnilass, Elieser Kaplinsky, Shlomo Laniado, Babeth Rabinowitz, Uri Seligsohn

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Abstract

Reocclusion of reperfused coronary arteries is a major setback that erodes the initial gain obtained by thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).1 After thrombolysis with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA), early in-hospital reocclusion is observed in 20 to 45% of successfully treated patients.2 Although maintenance infusion of rt-PA reduces the incidence of reocclusion during the in-hospital period,3 very early reocclusions immediately after4 or even during continuous rt-PA infusion can occur.5,6 We describe 15 patients among 190 patients with AM1 treated with rt-PA in whom initial clinical signs of reperfusion were followed by clinical and electrocardiographic evidence of rt-PA dose-related reocclusion-reperfusion cycles.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)225-228
Number of pages4
JournalAmerican Journal of Cardiology
Volume64
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jul 1989
Externally publishedYes

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