Effectiveness and safety of abciximab after failed thrombolytic therapy

Am J Cardiol. 2001 Feb 15;87(4):439-42, A4. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01398-9.

Abstract

Among 214 patients treated with abciximab within 24 hours of full-dose thrombolytic therapy, major bleeding occurred in 50 patients (23%; 95% confidence interval [CI] 18% to 30%) and intracranial hemorrhage occurred in 3 patients (1.4%; 95% CI 0.3% to 4%). The independent multivariate predictors of major bleeding were age (odds ratio [OR] 1.53/10 years, 95% CI 1.05 to 2.21, p = 0.03), time from thrombolytic to abciximab (OR 0.91/hour, 95% CI 0.83 to 0.99, p = 0.03), and intra-aortic balloon pump insertion (OR 4.42, 95% CI 2.00 to 9.72, p = 0.0002).

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Abciximab
  • Aged
  • Angioplasty
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / adverse effects*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Hemorrhage / chemically induced*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / adverse effects*
  • Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments / therapeutic use
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications
  • Myocardial Infarction / surgery
  • Myocardial Ischemia / etiology
  • Myocardial Ischemia / prevention & control
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / adverse effects*
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Recombinant Proteins / therapeutic use
  • Risk Factors
  • Thrombolytic Therapy
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator / therapeutic use
  • Treatment Failure

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Fibrinolytic Agents
  • Immunoglobulin Fab Fragments
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • reteplase
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator
  • Abciximab