Failed prehospital fibrinolysis in patient with percutaneous coronary intervention in ST-elevation myocardial infarction

On the example of the clinical case of newly diagnosed ST-elevation myocardial infarction combination of different reperfution strategies and their benefit was discussed. Recommendations on lifestyle modification and medicament treatment tactics are described. From one hand, in spite of side-effects of treatment as an increased risk of stroke and hemorrhagic stroke, prehospital FL is associated with a decreased risk of cardiogenic shock and its effectiveness depends on the time from symptom onset to reperfusion. From other hand, despite the fact that PPCI is the recommended default reperfusion strategy, its effectiveness depends also on time limits and absence of the majority of PPCI-facilated hospitals worldwide. Combination of prehospital single-bolus FL following after 3–24h early routine angiography and PCIcan improve post-STEMI survival and help to avoid hyperreactivity and thrombin-induced platelet activation after FL, which can be a key to success in effective treatment and rehabilitationafter STEMI in patients without high risk factors of potential bleeding or stroke.