The syndrome of vanishing ACS : Who activates spontaneous thrombolysis ?
Background
“Your husband was really lucky, his heart attack got spontaneously aborted. His ECG is near normal now. The angiogram is normal.No stent, no lysis. He secreted his own Tpa and got rid of the clot. We will discharge him to tomorrow.”
Thank you very much, Doctor. How did this happen, doctor?
Don’t thank me. Definitely, I don’t have an answer. Spontaneous successful thrombolysis (Ref 4) happens up to 15 % of ACS. All I can say is he has a very disciplined mast cell network and fibrinolytic system.
Vascular events: Pathobiology
Vascular highway accidents that happen due to the sudden fr...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - October 8, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized anti fibrinolytic system thrombolysis Source Type: blogs
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