title: [Thrombolytic therapy of acute myocardial infarction].
abstract: Thrombolytic therapy has reduced the mortality of acute myocardial infarction when administered in the first 12 hours after its onset. The author reviews the evidence concerning the more difficult aspects of this treatment: do all patients derive the same benefits? How to administer the treatment as early as possible? What is the value of late thrombolytic therapy? What is the best agent and the optimal mode of administration? This article describes the state of the art at the beginning of 1995 in a rapidly evolving field of therapeutics.
authors.affiliation: Centre de biologie moléculaire et vasculaire, Université de Louvain, Belgique.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Verstraete
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D000075202:Contraindications; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D010960:Plasminogen Activators / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D013300:Streptokinase / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D013300:Streptokinase; D010960:Plasminogen Activators; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator
vernacular_title: Traitement thrombolytique de l'infarctus aigu du myocarde.