Treatment of Reinfarction After Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction
- 20 February 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 103 (7), 954-960
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.103.7.954
Abstract
Background—Early reinfarction after thrombolytic therapy is associated with adverse outcomes and increased mortality. Among patients with reinfarction in the 1992 Global Utilization of Streptokinase and Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Occluded Coronary Arteries (GUSTO I) and the 1998 Assessment of the Safety of a New Thrombolytic (ASSENT 2) trials, we investigated temporal and regional differences in the use of repeat thrombolysis, revascularization (angioplasty and/or bypass surgery), or conservative measures and the outcomes of each management strategy. Methods and Results—Data from the 4% of patients (n=2301) who experienced reinfarction after thrombolytic therapy were studied. Baseline characteristics, 30-day mortality, and incidence of total and hemorrhagic strokes were compared among the 3 treatment groups. The 30-day mortality did not differ between the repeat thrombolysis and revascularization groups (P=0.72), and it was significantly lower among patients treated by these 2 strategies than in tho...Keywords
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