Why the study?
Does thrombolytic therapy cause complications in patients with myopericarditis misdiagnosed as myocardial infarction?
Population
9 male patients with myopericarditis mimicking myocardial infarction, mean age 40 +/- 14 years.
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
mean 46 +/- 29 months
Authors
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Thrombolytics may be safe in myopericarditis misdiagnosed as MI; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Does thrombolytic therapy cause complications in patients with myopericarditis misdiagnosed as myocardial infarction?
Thrombolytic therapy appears uncomplicated in patients with myopericarditis who are misdiagnosed with evolving myocardial infarction.
MlLLAIRE et al. (1995) studied this question.
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