The impact of thrombolytic therapy on arterial and graft occlusions: A critical analysis

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-112

  Bhatnagar, P K ^a   Ierardi, R P ^a   Ikeda, Y ^a   Wada, H ^a   Wilson, A ^a   Khoury, P ^a   Karamonte, C ^a   Kerstein, M ^a   Matsumoto, T ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Graft occlusion; Thrombolytic therapy; Urokinase; Vascular reconstructions

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; UROKINASE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; COLON OBSTRUCTION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEART BLOCK; HEMATOMA; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; AMPUTATION; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; LEG; MALE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0029896397     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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