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Radiology, Vol 150, 349-355, Copyright © 1984 by Radiological Society of North America

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Catheter-directed low dose streptokinase infusion: a preliminary experience

B Risius, MG Zelch, RA Graor, MA Geisinger, JA Smith and DW Piraino

Fifty-six patients with acute or chronic arterial or venous thromboembolic occlusions received treatment with low dose (5,000 U per hour) streptokinase via an indwelling intravascular catheter. Successful clot lysis was achieved in 13 of 14 (92%) postprocedural occlusions that were less than one week in age, in 8 of 11 (73%) atherosclerotic occlusions that were less than six weeks in age, in 2 of 3 (67%) emboli from cardiac thrombi, and in all of the pulmonary emboli and superior vena cava occlusions. In the chronic occlusions, successful thrombus lysis occurred less frequently (8 of 21, 38%). Although the initial objective of fibrinolytic therapy is clot lysis, the long term clinical success depends on the diagnosis and treatment of the underlying cause of the thromboembolism.


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