Background: The short- and long-term outcomes of thrombolysis has been predicted by various scores models based on the electrocardiogram. This study aimed to compare mortality predictors in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients undergoing thrombolysis. Methods: A prospective, case-control, single-center was performed at MGM Hospital, Warangal, India, between November 2019 2021. to...

A 7-year- old male child presented with the complaints of tense abdominal distension and swelling over feet since 1 month. The patient had repeated episodes of similar complaints since last two years with partial or complete relief after taking various forms of allopathic therapy. On imaging, Budd-Chiari syndrome was diagnosed which was hallmarked by occluded Inferior venacava (IVC), caudate lo...

We examined the relationship between an early spontaneous type V blood pressure fluctuation and the post-thrombolysis prognosis of patients with acute cerebral infarction. Patients were admitted consecutively. All patients were categorized into the type V blood pressure fluctuation group or non-type V blood pressure group. Their blood pressure was monitored before thrombolysis and until 6 h aft...

BACKGROUND In intra-arterial (IA) thrombolysis trials, higher rates of symptomatic intracerebral haemorrhage (sICH) were found than in trials with intravenous (IV) recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPA); this observation could have been due to the inclusion of more severely affected patients in IA thrombolysis trials. In the present study, we investigated the rate of sICH in IA and comb...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of percutaneous coronary intervention and thrombolysis after restoration of spontaneous circulation in cardiac arrest patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction using meta-analysis. METHODS We performed a meta-analysis of clinical studies indexed in the PUBMED, MEDLINE and EMBASE databases and published between January 1995 and October 2012. In addition...

BACKGROUND The use of thrombolytic therapy in the treatment of thrombosed infrainguinal native arteries and bypass grafts has increased over the years. Main limitation of this treatment modality, however, is the occurrence of bleeding complications. Low intensity ultrasound (US) has been shown to accelerate enzymatic thrombolysis, thereby reducing therapy time. So far, no randomized trials have...

BACKGROUND Symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (SICH) is a devastating complication of intravenous thrombolysis treatment that is associated with high mortality. Clinical trials, stroke registries and cohort studies employ different case definitions to identify stroke patients with SICH following intravenous thrombolysis. We systematically reviewed the reported rates of SICH following intraveno...

Smokers have unexplained lower cardiac mortality than non-smokers in the short term following acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We hypothesized that smokers may have enhanced systemic fibrinolysis following thrombolysis. We studied 185 consecutive patients receiving thrombolysis for first AMI. Cardiac mortality at 36 days after thrombolysis was 11.9% (22 deaths). Factors associated with cardia...

Background & objectives: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is becoming increasingly important problem in developing countries, and thrombolysis is the main modality of treatment here. About 2550% of patients fail to achieve successful reperfusion and these patients have poor prognosis. Since alternative modes of reperfusion are available, it is important to identify them. This study was aimed a...

OBJECTIVES To assess the cost effectiveness of community thrombolysis relative to hospital thrombolysis by investigating the extra costs and benefits of a policy of community thrombolysis, then establishing the extra cost per life saved by community thrombolysis. DESIGN Economic evaluation based on the results of the Grampian region early anistreplase trial. SETTING 29 rural general practic...