Abstract

PLANAS MUNIZ, Antonio  and  RODRIGUEZ PACHECO, Cristina Margarita. Therapeutical effectiveness and efficacy of the thrombolysis in Venezuelan patients with acute myocardial infarction. MEDISAN [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.6, pp.847-853. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and observational study was carried out in 24 patients with clinical, electrocardiographic and enzymatic signs of acute myocardial infarction, in whom thrombolytic therapy was administered (recombinant streptokinase), attended in the Intensive Care Unit of Socorro health area, belonging to Valencia municipality in Carabobo state (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela), from May 2009 to May 2010, with the purpose of evaluating the impact of this therapy. There was predominance of male sex (58.3 %), age group of 50 to 59 years (45.8 %), those that received treatment before 3 hours (58.4 %), hypotension as the most common complication (66.6 %), and diaphragmatic topography (41.7 %) in the case material. The effectiveness and efficacy of the thrombolysis was confirmed, because it allows to recover ischemic areas and thereby to increase the survival of those patients.

Keywords : acute myocardial infarction; thrombolysis; recombinant streptokinase; Intensive Care Unit; Venezuela.

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