PMID: 2492325Feb 1, 1989Paper

Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of tissue plasminogen activator in unstable angina

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
J M NicklasB Pitt

Abstract

Angiographic, angioscopic and pathologic reports have recently demonstrated a high incidence of intracoronary thrombus in patients with unstable angina. To determine if thrombolysis could be beneficial when combined with maximal medical therapy, 40 patients with rest angina, angiographically documented coronary artery disease and pacing-induced ischemia were randomly assigned to intravenous recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA, 150 mg/8 h) or placebo in a prospective double-blind trial. All patients received nitrates, a beta-adrenergic blocking agent, a calcium channel blocker, aspirin and heparin. Pacing thresholds for ischemia and quantitative coronary stenosis were measured before and after infusion of the study medication. Intracoronary thrombus was identified angiographically before infusion of the study medication in 16 patients; 7 received rt-PA and 9 received placebo. The ischemic pacing threshold in patients treated with rt-PA increased from 112 +/- 4 beats/min at baseline to 127 +/- 5 beats/min (p = 0.007) by the end of the infusion versus an insignificant change in patients who received placebo (from 116 +/- 4 to 119 +/- 4 beats/min, p = NS). In patients with intracoronary thrombus, the ischemic pacin...Continue Reading

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