[Thrombolytic therapy of acute myocardial infarction in elderly patients. Immediate and long-term remote prognosis].

Aim: To study effects of thrombolytic therapy in elderly patients.

Material And Methods: One hundred twenty three patients with acute myocardial infarction were admitted within first 12 hours of myocardial infarction, 66 of them were subjected to thrombolytic therapy with streptokinase (group 1) while 57 were not because of contraindications (group 2). In group 1 age of 49 patients was 66-75 years, and that of 17 patients exceeded 75 years.