Assessment of peripheral intraarterial thrombolysis versus surgical revascularization in acute lower-limb ischemia: A review of limb-salvage and mortality statistics

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-63

  Diffin, Daniel C ^a,b   Kandarpa, Krishna ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries, extremities, 92.721; Arteries, surgery; Blood, flow dynamics; Thrombolysis, 92.1265

Indexed keywords

PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LEG; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; STREPTOKINASE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0029692515     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(96)70734-0     Document Type: Article

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