Primary angioplasty using a urokinase-coated hydrogel balloon in acute myocardial infarction during pregnancy

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1995 Nov;36(3):216-9. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1810360305.

Abstract

A 38-year-old multigravid white female presented at 16 weeks gestation with an acute inferoposterolateral myocardial infarction. Emergent coronary angiography demonstrated a total proximal occlusion of a large dominant left circumflex artery with a filling defect at the site of the occlusion suggestive of thrombus. Primary angioplasty using a urokinase-coated hydrogel balloon resulted in successful recanalization of the vessel with restoration of normal TIMI Grade III flow and, most notably, apparent complete lysis of the intracoronary thrombus. After a subsequently uneventful pregnancy, a healthy baby was delivered.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Myocardial Infarction / drug therapy
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / diagnostic imaging
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / drug therapy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / therapy*
  • Thrombolytic Therapy
  • Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / administration & dosage*

Substances

  • Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator