Table 2. Dosage of fibrinolytic and adjunctive antithrombotic agents.
Drug | Standard dosage | Comments | ||
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Fibrinolytic agents | ||||
Tenecteplase | Single IV weight-based bolus | Fibrin specificity: strongest | ||
30 mg <60 kg | Patency rate 85% | |||
35 mg (7,000 IU) 60–69 kg | Age ≥75 years: 50% dose reduction | |||
40 mg 70–79 kg | ||||
45 mg (9,000 IU) 80–89 kg | ||||
50 mg ≥90 kg | ||||
Reteplase | 10 units+10 units | Fibrin specificity: less strong | ||
IV over 2 minutes (30 minutes apart) | Patency rate 84% | |||
Alteplase | 15 mg IV bolus 1–2 minutes | Fibrin specificity: less strong | ||
0.75 mg/kg over 30 minutes | Patency rate 73–84% | |||
0.5 mg/kg over 60 minutes | Body weight >67 kg, 15 mg IV bolus, 50 mg over 30 minutes, 35 mg over 60 minutes | |||
Antiplatelet agents | ||||
Aspirin | 150–300 mg loading, 75–100 mg maintain | |||
Clopidogrel | 300 mg loading, 75 mg maintain | Age ≥75 years | ||
No loading, 75 mg maintain | ||||
Anticoagulation | ||||
Enoxaparin | 30 mg IV bolus | Age ≥75 years | ||
1 mg/kg SC every 12 hours (maximum 100 mg for the first 2 doses) | No bolus, 25% dose reduction | |||
eGFR <30 mL/min/1.73m2 | ||||
1 mg/kg every 24 hours | ||||
UFH | 60 IU/kg IV bolus (maximum 4,000 units) | No planned reperfusion | ||
12 IU/kg/hr (maximum 1,000 units/hr) | 50–70 IU/kg IV bolus (maximum 5,000 IU) | |||
Target aPTT 1.5–2 times (approximately 50–70 seconds) | 12 IU/kg/hr | |||
Target aPTT 1.5–2 times (approximately 50–70 seconds) |
aPTT = activated partial thromboplastin time; eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate; IU = international units; IV = intravenous; SC = subcutaneous; UFH = unfractionated heparin.