title: Predictive factors of effectiveness of streptokinase in deep venous thrombosis.
abstract: In a prospective study, 174 patients (118 women and 56 men, average age 44 years, range 14 to 82) with proximal extensive thrombosis received streptokinase (100,000 U/hour) for an average of 2.8 days (range 0.5 to 7) through the catheter of a temporary caval filter. Twenty-seven of 45 (60%) patients with nonocclusive clots were completely free of clots at the second phlebography versus 17 of 116 (14%) with occlusive clots (p less than 0.001). Among nonocclusive clots, proximal ones (caval, iliac and femoral) were more easily lysed than popliteal clots (88 of 116 [76%] vs 26 of 58 [45%]; p less than 0.001). In 41 of 132 (31%) patients, a daily injection of contrast medium through the filter-carrying catheter enabled the observation of a clot in the filter, which was lysed by streptokinase. Seventy patients with follow-up greater than 2 years (median 34 months) were examined clinically. Nineteen of 22 (86%) patients with venograms free of clots at discharge were free of clinical sequelae versus 16 of 48 (33%) without normal venograms (p less than 0.001). It is concluded that: (1) in the case of occlusive clots, only a few patients were normalized after streptokinase; (2) proximal nonocclusive clots were most effectively lysed; (3) when venograms were free of clots at discharge, the majority of patients did not have venous sequelae at follow-up; and (4) embolic migration seems to occur frequently with streptokinase.
authors.affiliation: Service de Soins Intensifs, Hôpital Cardiologique, Lille, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Théry
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Bauchart
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lesenne
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Asseman
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Flajollet
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Legghe
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marache
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011859:Radiography; D013300:Streptokinase / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D013300:Streptokinase