Review of tenecteplase (TNKase) in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction

Vascular Health and Risk Management

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 249-256

  Melandri, Giovanni ^a   Vagnarelli, Fabio ^a   Calabrese, Daniela ^a   Semprini, Franco ^a   Nanni, Samuele ^a   Branzi, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alteplase; Myocardial infarction; Tenecteplase; TNKase

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; ENOXAPARIN; EPTIFIBATIDE; HEPARIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; TENECTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BINDING; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SPECIFICITY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; STROKE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEART INFARCTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67449092880     PISSN: 11766344     EISSN: 11782048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/vhrm.s3848     Document Type: Review

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