Immediate PTCA after successful thrombolysis with intracoronary streptokinase, three years follow-up. A matched pair analysis of the effect of PTCA in the randomized multicentre trial of intracoronary streptokinase, conducted by the Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of The Netherlands

Immediate PTCA following thrombolysis with streptokinase was performed in 46 out of 533 patients enrolled in a multicentre randomized trial of early reperfusion in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Additional effects of PTCA in patients with a residual diameter stenosis in the infarct-related coronary artery of 70% or more after thrombolysis were compared with successful thrombolysis alone in a matched pair analysis. Thirty six pairs of patients were formed identical with respect to the infarct related coronary artery, presence or absence of previous myocardial infarction, total ST se... Mehr ...