Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Murray, N
• Lyons, J
• Layton, C
• Balcon, R

Titel

What proportion of patients with myocardial infarction are suitable for thrombolysis?

Ist Teil von

• British Heart Journal, 1987-02, Vol.57 (2), p.144-147

Ort / Verlag

London: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society

Erscheinungsjahr

1987

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Four hundred and three patients were considered for entry into a trial of intravenous streptokinase in suspected myocardial infarction. Three hundred and sixty seven (91%) were excluded. Two hundred and sixty (65%) did not meet the inclusion criteria and 45 of the remaining 143 (35%) patients had contraindications to thrombolysis. This left 98 (24%) patients who were suitable for thrombolysis and 42 of them were over 70 years, the upper age limit. Thus according to this trial protocol 56 (14%) patients were eligible for recruitment; 36 (9%) patients were finally randomised. These data suggest that treatment with intravenous streptokinase may be applicable to only a small proportion of patients with myocardial infarction.