title: [Effectiveness of double fibrinolytic treatments in subacute deep vein thrombosis of the lower limbs].
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and desirability of a double fibrinolytic treatment in subacute venous thrombosis of the lower limbs. Thirty-four patients (mean age 55.2 +/- 15.4 years) hospitalized for thrombosis of deep lower limb veins were treated with two different fibrinolytic drugs administered successively: 23 patients received streptokinase first followed urokinase, and 11 patients received urokinase first followed by streptokinase. The overall results that improvement of the phlebographic score (Ph.s) was significantly greater in double fibrinolytic treatment (delta Ph.s. = 4.41 +/- 6.45, p less than 0.001) than after a single fibrinolytic treatment (delta Ph.s. = 3.14 +/- 4.76, p less than 0.001). Individual analysis of the results showed that 28% of the patients were improved by a second fibrinolytic treatment. It would appear that two fibrinolytic treatments are truly effective, albeit inconstantly and in most cases partially. We were unable in this study to determine the characteristics of patients likely to benefit from a double treatment.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography; D013300:Streptokinase / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013997:Time Factors; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D013300:Streptokinase; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
vernacular_title: Efficacité des doubles traitements fibrinolytiques dans les thromboses subaiguës des veines profondes des membres inférieurs.