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Fibrinolytic
Therapy for Myocardial Infarction
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Agent
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Trade
Name |
Dosing
|
Patency
@
90 minutes |
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Alteplase
|
Activase
|
Body
weight > 67 kg 15 mg load + 50 mg/30 min + 35 mg/60 min intravenously Body weight < 67 kg 15 mg load + 0.75 mg/kg/30 min (< 50 mg total) + 0.5 mg/kg/60 min (< 35 mg total) |
75%
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Reteplase
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Retavase
|
10 units/2 minutes + wait 30 minutes + 10 units/2 minutes intravenously |
75%
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Streptokinase
|
Streptase
|
1.5 million units/60 minutes intravenously |
50%
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2002 The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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