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- Title
Is It Safe to Administer Thrombolytic Therapy to Myocardial Infarction Patients Soon after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy?
- Authors
Kobal, Sergio; Orlov, Genadi; Gilutz, Harel; Cafri, Carlos; Battler, Alexander; Leor, Jonathan
- Abstract
Thrombolytic therapy is usually contraindicated after abdominal surgery because of the risk of bleeding. We report a case of a 73-year-old woman who was admitted because of anterior wall acute myocardial infarction (AMI) two weeks after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. She was treated with streptokinase, aspirin and heparin and subsequently developed a hematoma at the site of the removed gallbladder. Our observation suggests that thrombolytic therapy for anterior AMI, two weeks after laparoscopic cholecystectomy, should be considered as a relative contraindication and an optional treatment in this life-threatening situation.Copyright © 2000 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
MYOCARDIAL infarction treatment; CHOLECYSTECTOMY complications; STREPTOKINASE; ASPIRIN; HEPARIN; HEMATOMA
- Publication
Cardiology, 1999, Vol 92, Issue 1, p71
- ISSN
0008-6312
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000006950