[Coronary transluminal angioplasty after the use of thrombolytic therapy in acute myocardial infarction].
OBJECTIVE
To present the Cardiology Institute of Rio Grande do Sul experience with percutaneous coronary angioplasty (PTCA), after thrombolytic therapy in acute myocardial infarction (AMI).


METHODS
Fifty-three patients with transmural AMI in whom early successful intravenous streptokinase recanalization was followed by PTCA. The mean age was 50 years, male patients were more frequent, the predominant area of infarct was anterior wall and more frequently the "culprit" coronary was the left anterior descendent. The main indication of PTCA was uniarterial lesion with less than 20 mm of length.


RESULTS
The success comes out in 44 patients (81.5%). Ten patients (18.5%) were considered unsuccessful and were referred to emergency bypass graft surgery. The in-hospital AMI rate after PTCA was 5.5%. In the follow-up the reestenoses rate was 11% and reocclusion was 3.7%. New PTCA was necessary in 3 patients (5.5%) and in one, by-pass graft (1.8%).


CONCLUSIONS
PTCA is an important and secure modality of complementary therapy after thrombolytic therapy with low morbidity and mortality.
Staudt
C
C
Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul/Fundaao Universitária de Cardiologia, Porto Alegre.
Yordi
L M
LM
Gottschall
C A
CA
Miller
V
V
Leboute
F C
FC
Moraes
C
C
Vaz
R
R
Azevedo
A
A
Nonohay
N
N
Rodrigues
R
R
D000328:Adult; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D013300:Streptokinase / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D013300:Streptokinase
Angioplastia transluminal coronária após o uso de trombolítico no infarto agudo do miocárdio.