Successful coronary reperfusion with intracoronary streptokinase in a patient with coronary ectasia
Theron, H.D.; Kleynhans, P.H.; Marx, J.D.; Marks, D.S.
South African Medical Journal 72(7): 502-503
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574 PMID: 3660161 Document Number: 298694
A case in which successful coronary artery reperfusion was achieved during an acute inferior wall myocardial infarction by means of infusion of streptokinase (Kabikinase; Adcock Ingram) into an ectatic right coronary artery is described. The pathogenic mechanisms resulting in occlusion of ectatic coronary arteries and the incidence of the condition are discussed and the importance of anticoagulation therapy in these patients is stressed.