PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Murray, N
AU  - Lyons, J
AU  - Layton, C
AU  - Balcon, R
TI  - What proportion of patients with myocardial infarction are suitable for thrombolysis?
AID  - 10.1136/hrt.57.2.144
DP  - 1987 Feb 01
TA  - British Heart Journal
PG  - 144--147
VI  - 57
IP  - 2
4099  - http://heart.bmj.com/content/57/2/144.short
4100  - http://heart.bmj.com/content/57/2/144.full
SO  - Heart1987 Feb 01; 57
AB  - Four hundred and three patients were considered for entry into a trial of intravenous streptokinase in suspected myocardial infarction. Three hundred and sixty seven (91%) were excluded. Two hundred and sixty (65%) did not meet the inclusion criteria and 45 of the remaining 143 (35%) patients had contraindications to thrombolysis. This left 98 (24%) patients who were suitable for thrombolysis and 42 of them were over 70 years, the upper age limit. Thus according to this trial protocol 56 (14%) patients were eligible for recruitment; 36 (9%) patients were finally randomised. These data suggest that treatment with intravenous streptokinase may be applicable to only a small proportion of patients with myocardial infarction.