title: [Lysis treatment of left ventricular thrombi. Acute and long-term results].
abstract: Intravenous thrombolysis with urokinase (60,000 U/h) was undertaken in 15 patients with large thrombi in the left ventricle (demonstrated by echocardiography) after myocardial infarction. Complete lysis was achieved in ten, partial in four. None had post-thrombolysis signs of arterial emboli, two patients developed haematuria and one had partial separation of the thrombus which required operative removal. Four patients who had a mean ejection fraction of 37 +/- 12% had died a sudden cardiac death within six months of the thrombolysis. Nine patients survived for up to four years without recurrence of thrombi: seven of them had been treated with aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid), two with coumarin derivatives. Two patients could not be followed-up. These preliminary results suggest that large left-ventricular thrombi can be successfully lysed by intravenous thrombolysis without significant complications, probably without recurrent thrombi.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Kardiologie, Universitätskrankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Mathey
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Siglow
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kremer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schofer
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tilsner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D013997:Time Factors; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D006493:Heparin; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
vernacular_title: Lysebehandlung linksventrikulärer Thromben. Akut- und Langzeitergebnisse.