Fibrinolytic therapy is used in the treatment of a ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), acute stroke and other less common indications such as pulmonary embolism and acute deep ...

The incidence of stroke was 3.4% (10/297 ... minor bleeding was significantly increased with repeat fibrinolytic therapy versus conservative therapy (RR, 1.84; 95% CI, 1.06-3.18; p = 0.03).

[33] Fibrinolytic therapy can be administered in most centers within 30 to 60 minutes of arrival, and since fibrinolytic therapy usually opens the occluded artery within 60-90 minutes, this ...

retrospectively analyzed data from two trials of fibrinolytic therapy in STEMI to determine ... myocardial infarction or stroke at 24 h (odds ratio [OR] 1.05, 95% CI 0.91–1.21) or at 7 days ...