A Case of Successful Thrombolysis on the Verge of a Reperfusion Revolution in Coronary Cardiology and Vascular Neurology

Thrombolytic therapy (TLT), as a method of treatment, began to develop in the second half of the 50s of the last century. At that time, there was an accumulation of data on its effectiveness, side effects and contraindications, as well as the development of fibrinolytic drugs, such as fibrinolysin, streptokinase, urokinase, and the conditions for their administration. Official recognition of TLT in regulatory documents began only in the 80s after the development of more effective and safe tissue plasminogen activators. However, on the threshold of an era of development in this area in the treatment of patients with thrombosis of the coronary, carotid, and other peripheral vascular regions, the researchers obtained conflicting data on the results of the use of thrombolytics. There was no concept of a therapeutic window for the use of TLT, there was no data on possible combinations of thrombolytic drugs with anticoagulants, the high probability of bleeding prevented widespread introduction of the method into clinical practice. At that time, vascular imaging and laboratory diagnostics were not sufficiently developed, there was no consensus of the world's leading experts on the benefits of thrombolysis. The use of TLT in acute arterial thrombosis required not only clinical experience, but also courage and ability to make non-standard decisions. The authors of the article analyze in detail the case of rescuing a patient with progressive thrombotic occlusion of the arteries of the brain stem. Then the pioneer in the field of thrombolytic therapy E. I. Chazov and his colleagues took responsibility for the application in this situation of an insufficiently studied treatment method with uncertain consequences. This decision was not due to the identity of the patient or the threat of an internal investigation. Marshal or soldier - it did not matter for E. I. Chazov and his colleagues. If doctors in this clinical situation relied on recommendations, orders and standards, then such a patient would have to wait thrombolysis for another 30 years.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:59

Enthalten in:

Kardiologiia - 59(2019), 6 vom: 06. Juni, Seite 91-96

Sprache:

Russisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Buryachkovskaya, L I [VerfasserIn]
Lomakin, N V [VerfasserIn]
Shirokov, E A [VerfasserIn]
Vitko, N K [VerfasserIn]
Verbovoy, D N [VerfasserIn]

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EC 3.4.-
EC 3.4.21.68
Fibrinolytic Agents
Journal Article
Streptokinase
Tissue Plasminogen Activator

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 09.07.2019

Date Revised 09.07.2019

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.18087/cardio.2019.6.n686

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM298568713