title: Current state of thrombolytic therapy.
abstract: More than 200,000 people have been enrolled into clinical trials examining different reperfusion strategies for patients with acute myocardial infarction. Each year approximately 1 million people in the United States experience acute myocardial infarction. Thrombolytic agents, including streptokinase and tissue-type plasminogen activator, activate plasminogen. These agents are often divided into "fibrin-specific" and "non-fibrin-specific" drugs. New thrombolytic agents designed to address several of the shortcomings of existing thrombolytics are in various stages of clinical development.
authors.affiliation: Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, Box 1030, New York, NY 10029-6574, USA.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Vorchheimer
mesh_terms: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015425:Myocardial Reperfusion; D010960:Plasminogen Activators / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013300:Streptokinase / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy / Q000379:methods; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C081981:lanoteplase; C087896:reteplase; D013300:Streptokinase; D010960:Plasminogen Activators; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator; C067551:saruplase