Recombinant t-PA in myocardial ischemia after switch operation. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A well-recognized complication of the anatomic correction (arterial switch operation) of transposition of the great arteries is obstruction of the translocated coronary arteries. Myocardial reperfusion has previously been achieved by surgical revascularization or percutaneous balloon angioplasty. We report the case of a 3-month-old infant who suffered myocardial infarction 11 weeks after the arterial switch operation, in whom myocardial reperfusion was established following infusion of recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (Alteplase).

publication date

  • January 1, 2004

Research

keywords

  • Myocardial Ischemia
  • Plasminogen Activators
  • Tissue Plasminogen Activator

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 3342875494

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1007/s00246-003-0473-8

PubMed ID

  • 15054563

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 25

issue

  • 4