GONZALEZ MUNOZ, Miguel F; MORERA DOMINGUEZ, Omar    GUEVARA DE ARMA, Emilio. Evaluation of the results of the systemic thrombolysis in elderly . []. , 12, 3, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background: Heart diseases constitute the main cause of death in industrialized countries and among them the ischemic heart disease with its deadlier complication, the acute myocardial infarction. Objective: To evaluate the results of the thrombolytic treatment in patients older than 60 years with clinical-electrocardiographic diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. Method: A descriptive retrospective study was performed from January 2003 to December 2007 to the patients that were admitted in the Intensive Care Unit at "Dr. Octavio de la Concepción y de la Pedraja" Educational Surgical Clinical Military Hospital with clinical-electrocardiographic diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction. Forty-five patients admitted with this diagnosis constituted the sample, for which medical and necropsy records were revised in dead cases. Thrombolysis to the 62.22% of the patients was carried out. Results: In the age group between 60 and 79 years the thrombolysis was the most frequent with 12 patients. The global mortality was about six patients, where the age group between 70 and 79 years predominated with three cases. The most frequent cause that impeded the thrombolysis was the heart attack of more than 12h of evolution with 13 patients (28,88%). The most frequent adverse reaction was the low blood pressure with 15 patients for a (15,55%). Conclusions: The thrombolysis in elderly turned out to be beneficial and in absence of contra-indications there is no motives in our medium for its exclusion

: Thrombolytic therapy; aged; epidemiology descriptive; hypotension.

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