Effectiveness and safety of a single intravenous Bolus injection of tissue-type plasminogen activator in acute myocardial infarction

The efficacy of multiple intravenous bolus injections of tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) in inducing rapid coronary recanalization in patients with acute myocardial infarction was previously demonstrated. In this Bolus Dose-Escalation Study of Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator (BEST), the efficacy of 3 different doses of a single rapid intravenous bolus injection of t-PA (duteplase, Wellcome Foundation, London) in inducing coronary patency (Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction perfusion grade 2 or 3) in 64 patients with acute myocardial infarction presenting