Fifty patients until acute myocardial infarction (AMI) were classified
into : Group I : 25 patients with AMI who received streptokinase (SK)
within 6 hours fromthe onset ofchest pain. Group II: 25 patients with
AMI who did not receive SK .Ofgroup 1,15patients had successful reper
fusion group HA) and 10patientsfailed to reperfuse group (IB).Ofgroup H
,8 patients spontaneously reperfused group (HA) and 17 patients were
permanently occluded. STsegment reduction and reperfusion arrhythmi
as were significantly more in patients with successful reperfusion with a
sensitivity of 80% and specficity of 90%for ST segment reduction and
47% and 100%respectivelyfor reperfusion arrhythmias . |
