- Mechanism of Action
- Activates plasminogen, resulting in its activation to plasmin and thus fibrinolysis.
Clinical Use
- Indication
- Pulmonary embolism with haemodynamic compromise, or massive pulmonary embolism.
- Contraindications
- Active bleeding
- Recent GI / urinary bleeding
- Recent major trauma / surgery
- Recent ischaemic stroke
- Intracranial haemorrhage, aneurysm, AVM or neoplasm
- Current anticoagulant use
- Pregnancy
- Adverse Effects
- Life-threatening haemorrhage
- Hypersensitivity – rash, oedema, anaphylaxis
- Cardiac arrhythmia
- Hypotension
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