Thrombolytic therapy in acute ischemic stroke with streptokinase

AIM AND METHODS: In an open, observational study, 40 consecutive ischemic stroke patients eligible for thrombolytic therapy using the combined ECASS/NINDS inclusion criteria have been treated intravenously with 1.5 M units of streptokinase. The therapeutic window was 3 hours or shorter.

RESULTS: The safety analysis documented a low rate (5%) of intracerebral hemorrhages, and an additional 13% rate of hemorrhagic transformation of the initial infarction. Two patients died due to intracerebral bleeding. The efficacy of the SK thrombolysis was significant in 53% of the patients (the mean of the improvement on the NIH stroke scale was 15 points), while an other 42% of the patients achieved only the mean of 4 points improvement on their NIHSS score.

DISCUSSION: These results are of the same magnitude, as those documented in the NINDS trial with rt-PA. Time window rather than the thrombolytic agent itself seems to be the decisive factor for successful thrombolysis.

CONCLUSION: The good safety profile of SK in acute stroke using the ECASS/NINDS criteria, and the cost-effectiveness of the drug underline the necessity of a new SK trial with the recently accepted inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2002

Erschienen:

2002

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:143

Enthalten in:

Orvosi hetilap - 143(2002), 23 vom: 09. Juni, Seite 1415-21

Sprache:

Ungarisch

Weiterer Titel:

Akut ischaemiás stroke thrombolyticus kezelése sztreptokinázzal

Beteiligte Personen:

Szegedi, Norbert [VerfasserIn]
Kakuk, Ilona [VerfasserIn]
Kenéz, Júlia [VerfasserIn]
May, Zsolt [VerfasserIn]
Ováry, Csaba [VerfasserIn]
Ricsóy, Gabriella [VerfasserIn]
Skopál, Judit [VerfasserIn]
Varga, Dániel [VerfasserIn]
Harsányi, Adám [VerfasserIn]
Nagy, Zoltán [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

EC 3.4.-
EC 3.4.21.-
Fibrinolytic Agents
Journal Article
Plasminogen Activators
Streptokinase

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 16.08.2002

Date Revised 16.11.2017

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM119982048