Regression of right ventricular hypokinesis after thrombolysis in acute pulmonary embolism

Am J Cardiol. 1996 Jun 1;77(14):1252-4. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00177-4.

Abstract

We found a significant ABD-assisted right ventricular hypokinetic regression after thrombolytic therapy in acute pulmonary embolism but could not demonstrate a linear relation between improvement in early right ventricular function and angiography.

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Contraction*
  • Plasminogen Activators / therapeutic use
  • Prospective Studies
  • Pulmonary Embolism / drug therapy
  • Pulmonary Embolism / physiopathology*
  • Recombinant Proteins / therapeutic use
  • Thrombolytic Therapy*
  • Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / therapeutic use
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right*

Substances

  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Plasminogen Activators
  • Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator