Effects of early captopril administration after thrombolysis on regional wall motion in relation to infarct artery blood flow

JK French, DJ Amos, BF Williams, DB Cross… - Journal of the American …, 1999 - jacc.org
Objectives. To determine whether early administration of captopril lessens infarct zone
regional wall motion abnormalities when infarct artery blood flow is abnormal. Background …

Comparison of the effects of streptokinase and tissue plasminogen activator on regional wall motion after first myocardial infarction: analysis by the centerline method …

DB Cross, NG Ashton, RM Norris, HD White - Journal of the American …, 1991 - Elsevier
In a trial of satreptokinase versus recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) for a
first myocardial infarction, 270 patients were randomized. Regional left ventricular function …

Corrected TIMI frame counts correlate with stenosis severity and infarct zone wall motion after thrombolytic therapy

DJ Amos, JK French, J Andrews, NG Ashton… - American Heart …, 2001 - Elsevier
Background The majority of patients with patent infarct-related arteries after thrombolytic
therapy have slower than normal flow, which relates to myocardial perfusion. Methods To …

Which patient benefits from early angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition after myocardial infarction? Results of one-year serial echocardiographic follow-up from …

WH Van Gilst, JH Kingma, KH Peels… - Journal of the American …, 1996 - Elsevier
Objectives. In this study we sought to investigate the effect of intervention with captopril
within 6 h of the onset of myocardial infarction on left ventricular volume and clinical …

Effects of early captopril administration on infarct expansion, left ventricular remodeling and exercise capacity after acute myocardial infarction

KG Oldroyd, MP Pye, SG Ray, J Christie, I Ford… - The American journal of …, 1991 - Elsevier
In a double-blind study, 99 patients (82 men, age range 40 to 75 years) with acute
myocardial infarction (AMI) were randomly assigned to receive captopril or placebo …

Prognostic implications and predictors of enhanced regional wall motion of the noninfarct zone after thrombolysis and angioplasty therapy of acute myocardial …

CL Grines, EJ Topol, RM Califf, RS Stack, BS George… - Circulation, 1989 - Am Heart Assoc
Although impairment of left ventricular function in acute myocardial infarction is closely
related to extent of necrosis, function in the noninfarct zone also contributes to global …

Late effects of intracoronary streptokinase on regional wall motion, ventricular aneurysm and left ventricular thrombus in myocardial infarction: results from the Western …

JR Stratton, SM Speck, JH Caldwell, ML Stadius… - Journal of the American …, 1985 - Elsevier
To determine whether intracoronary streptokinase improves late regional wall motion or
reduces left ventricular aneurysm or thrombus formation in patients with acute myocardial …

Regional wall motion improvement after coronary thrombolysis with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator: importance of coronary angioplasty

EJ Topol, JL Weiss, JA Brinker, KP Brin… - Journal of the American …, 1985 - Elsevier
To evaluate functional recovery in 20 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction
who received recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator, serial twodimensional …

Acute intervention with captopril during thrombolysis in patients with first anterior myocardial infarction: results from the Captopril and Thrombolysis Study (CATS)

JH Kingma, WH van Gilst, CH Peels… - European heart …, 1994 - academic.oup.com
The study was designed to examine the safety and efficacy of acute interventional use of
captopril on left ventricular volumes, ventricular arrhythmias and neurohormones during …

Abnormal coronary flow in infarct arteries 1 year after myocardial infarction is predicted at 4 weeks by corrected Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) frame …

JK French, CJ Ellis, BJ Webber, BF Williams… - The American journal of …, 1998 - Elsevier
Because 24% to 30% of patent infarct-related arteries occlude in the year following
thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction, angiographic factors including corrected …