PMID: 8606267Mar 1, 1996Paper

Long-term intermittent urokinase therapy in patients with end-stage coronary artery disease and refractory angina pectoris: a randomized dose-response trial

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
M LeschkeB E Strauer

Abstract

This dose-response study was designed to test two low dose regimens of urokinase administered over a prolonged time period in patients with chronic refractory angina pectoris with respect to effects on clinical symptoms and objective variables of myocardial ischemia. Patients with severe and chronic refractory angina pectoris in end-stage coronary artery disease represent an increasing clinical problem. Favorable therapeutic effects on myocardial ischemia have been reported for long-term application of low dose urokinase. Ninety-eight patients with chronic refractory and end-stage coronary artery disease were randomly assigned to two treatment groups: group A (49 patients) received 50,000 IU and group B (49 patients) 500,000 IU of urokinase as an intravenous bolus infection three times a week over a period of 12 weeks. Variables evaluated were number of weekly anginal events, data from ergometric exercise testing with simultaneous electrocardiographic registration, semiquantitative evaluation of Tc-99m 2-methoxy isobutyl isonitrile (MIBI) scans and rheologic variables. After 12 weeks of treatment, anginal symptoms (events/week) were reduced significantly in group B by 70% compared with 24% in group A (p < 0.001). Fibrinogen dec...Continue Reading

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