Thrombolytic therapy for the treatment of acute pulmonary embolism.

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether thrombolytic therapy reduces the rate of death or complications in patients with acute pulmonary embolism and whether a particular thrombolytic regimen is more effective than others. DATA SOURCES: The key words "fibrinolytic agents," "plasminogen activators," "streptokinase," "urokinase" and "pulmonary embolism" were used to search MEDLINE for relevant articles in English; the bibliographies of these articles …

Authors

Anderson DR; Levine MN

Journal

Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 146, No. 8, pp. 1317–1324

Publication Date

April 15, 1992

ISSN

0820-3946

Associated Experts

Mark Norman Levine

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Health Sciences

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Fields of Research (FoR)

32 Biomedical and clinical sciences 3202 Clinical Sciences 42 Health sciences

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Evaluation Studies as Topic Heparin Humans Pulmonary Embolism Streptokinase Thrombolytic Therapy Tissue Plasminogen Activator Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator