A POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO THE FAILURE OF PERCUTANEOUS INTRACORONARY FIBRINOLYSIS - PERCUTANEOUS ENDOLUMINAL DILATATION

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  • 1 January 1984
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 33  (7) , 435-439
Abstract
The authors report 3 cases of myocardial infarction in which an attempt at intra-coronary fibrinolysis in the acute phase was either transiently effective or totally ineffective. In these 3 cases, percutaneous endoluminal dilatation was possible allowing restoration of correct coronary flow. The place of percutaneous angioplasty is therefore discussed either immediately after fibrinolysis, when the risk of re-thrombosis appears to be greatest or in the absence of an attempt at clot lysis, when fibrinolytic treatment is contra-indicated.