Importance of coronary collaterals for restoration of left ventricular function after intracoronary thrombolysis

• Published in: The American journal of cardiology Vol. 55; no. 11; pp. 1259 - 1263
• Main Authors: Saito, Yoshihiko, Yasuno, Masao, Ishida, Moriharu, Suzuki, Katsuhiro, Matoba, Yoshiki, Emura, Masahito, Takahashi, Masaaki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.1985
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adult; Aged; Arterial Occlusive Diseases - diagnostic imaging; Arterial Occlusive Diseases - drug therapy; Arterial Occlusive Diseases - physiopathology; Cardiac Output - drug effects; Chronic Disease; Collateral Circulation - drug effects; Coronary Circulation - drug effects; Coronary Disease - diagnostic imaging; Coronary Disease - drug therapy; Coronary Disease - physiopathology; Female; Humans; Injections, Intra-Articular; Male; Middle Aged; Radiography; Stroke Volume - drug effects; Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator - pharmacology

In an evaluation of the role of coronary collaterals in the early period of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), 30 patients with acute total coronary occlusion treated with intracoronary thrombolysis 2 to 8 hours after the onset of symptoms were studied. Only 13 patients with well-developed collatera...