PMID: 2114704Jan 1, 1990Paper

Thrombi of the left ventricle, infarction location and method of treatment

Wiadomości lekarskie : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego
R J ZochowskiJ M Michalak

Abstract

A study is reported of 63 patients treated in the Cardiology Department, Institute of Internal Diseases, MSW for acute myocardial infarction. They were divided into two groups: 21 patients w treated with intravenous streptokinase infusion and then with intravenous heparin, with simultaneous administration of nitroglycerin. The other group comprised 42 patients treated with nitroglycerin alone. On the basis of the mass of the infarcted tissue calculated from the curves of CK-MB levels, and echocardiography for assessment of the presence of left-ventricular clots and degree of impairment of cardiac wall contractility according to Heger a much more frequent occurrence was noted of clots in the left ventricle in patients treated with nitroglycerin only, but the volume of the infarcted tissue was not statistically significantly different between both groups.

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