OBJECTIVE: To report our experience with use of thrombolysis with streptokinase during cardiopulmonary resuscitation of patients with cardiac arrest due to myocardial infarction. DESIGN: A case series. METHODS: Thrombolytic therapy (streptokinase) was administered during cardiopulmonary resuscitation of 4 patients with suspected myocardial infarction as the cause of cardiac arrest. RESULTS: 3 of the 4 patients survived and were discharged from the hospital without any major complications or neurological sequela. CONCLUSION: Thrombolysis with streptokinase during cardiopulmonary resuscitation of patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction is associated with reduced mortality and favorable neurological outcome.
OBJECTIVE: To report our experience with use of thrombolysis with streptokinase during cardiopulmonary resuscitation of patients with cardiac arrest due to myocardial infarction. DESIGN: A case series. METHODS: Thrombolytic therapy (streptokinase) was administered during cardiopulmonary resuscitation of 4 patients with suspected myocardial infarction as the cause of cardiac arrest. RESULTS: 3 of the 4 patients survived and were discharged from the hospital without any major complications or neurological sequela. CONCLUSION: Thrombolysis with streptokinase during cardiopulmonary resuscitation of patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction is associated with reduced mortality and favorable neurological outcome.
Authors: Wolfgang Lederer; Christa Lichtenberger; Christoph Pechlaner; Johann Kinzl; Gunnar Kroesen; Michael Baubin Journal: Resuscitation Date: 2004-05 Impact factor: 5.262
Authors: Riyad B Abu-Laban; James M Christenson; Grant D Innes; Catherina A van Beek; Karen P Wanger; R Douglas McKnight; Iain A MacPhail; Joe Puskaric; Richard P Sadowski; Joel Singer; Martin T Schechter; Victor M Wood Journal: N Engl J Med Date: 2002-05-16 Impact factor: 91.245
Authors: Elliott M Antman; Daniel T Anbe; Paul Wayne Armstrong; Eric R Bates; Lee A Green; Mary Hand; Judith S Hochman; Harlan M Krumholz; Frederick G Kushner; Gervasio A Lamas; Charles J Mullany; Joseph P Ornato; David L Pearle; Michael A Sloan; Sidney C Smith; Joseph S Alpert; Jeffrey L Anderson; David P Faxon; Valentin Fuster; Raymond J Gibbons; Gabriel Gregoratos; Jonathan L Halperin; Loren F Hiratzka; Sharon Ann Hunt; Alice K Jacobs Journal: Circulation Date: 2004-08-03 Impact factor: 29.690