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Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2521-2523.

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THE FIRST clinical report of the use of a thrombolytic agent (streptokinase) to treat acute pulmonary embolism (PE) appeared in 1964,¹ and the first randomized clinical trial comparing urokinase plus heparin with heparin alone was published in 1970.² A randomized clinical trial comparing urokinase to streptokinase in the treatment of PE was published in 1974.³ The first report of a third thrombolytic agent, recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator, in the treatment of acute PE was published by Bounameaux et al⁴ in 1985. The US Food and Drug Administration approved streptokinase in 1977, urokinase in 1978, and recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator in 1990 for the treatment of acute PE.⁵ Despite more than 3 decades of experience with these thrombolytic agents, their role in the treatment of PE remains uncertain and controversial.

The article by Agnelli et al⁶ in this issue of the ARCHIVES presents a clinical outcome–based meta-analysis of thrombolysis vs heparin . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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