title: Treatment of myocardial infarction: hypotensive effect of different thrombolytic agents.
abstract: The incidence of hypotension in patients treated with thrombolytic agents for myocardial infarction was investigated in a series of 71 patients, 17 treated with urokinase, 35 with rtPA and 19 with APSAC. Hypotension was observed in 23.5% of the first group, in 5.5% of the second, and in 42.10% of the third (p < 0.002 between rtPA and APSAC). In the inferior location hypotensive reaction was much more frequent than in anterior one (p < 007) especially if a right ventricular involvement was associated. Even if hypotension is a minor and generally harmless complication, it poses many practical problems, and its occurrence must be taken into account when choosing a fibrinolytic treatment.
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents