Abstract
A decrease in the mortality rate among patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction can only be expected from therapeutic measures which reduce the area of necrotic tissue. Restitution of coronary flow and myocardial reperfusion before irreparable cell damage occurs would appear to be the best way of achieving this goal. Intracoronary infusion of fibrinolytic substances such as streptokinase provides high local concentrations and allows recanalization of coronary thrombosis while avoiding hemorrhagic complications.
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Rutsch, W., Schmutzler, H. (1981). Intracoronary Fibrinolysis in Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Patients. In: Roskamm, H. (eds) Myocardial Infarction at Young Age. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68294-0_23
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