Background: Platelet activation by antistreptokinase (SK) antibodies could impair the clinical effect of SK administration.
Objective: To better describe anti-SK antibodies with particular emphasis on procoagulant activities as a result of platelet activation.
Patients And Methods: Sera were collected from 146 patients with coronary artery disease: non-SK-treated, 95 from mainland France, 31 from French Polynesia; 20 patients from mainland in year 2 after SK treatment.
Objective: To assess the agreement between left ventricular (LV) volumes and ejection fraction (EF) determined by two-dimensional echocardiography (2-D echo) and by cineangiography in postinfarction patients.
Design: LV end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes indexed (EDVI and ESVI) to body surface area as well as EF were determined by both methods in all patients.
Setting: Multicenter trial conducted in five university hospitals.
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