Treatment of thrombotic saphenous vein bypass grafts using local urokinase infusion therapy with the dispatch catheter

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 261-267

  Glazier, James J ^a   Kiernan, Francis J ^a   Bauer, Hans H ^a   Fram, Daniel B ^a   Primiano, Charles A ^a   Mitchel, Joseph F ^a   Dougherty, James E ^a   McKay, Raymond G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Local drug administration; Saphenous vein grafts; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE; VERAPAMIL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BALLOON CATHETER; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; REVASCULARIZATION; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; STENT; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETREATMENT; STENTS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VEINS;

EID: 0030740091     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199707)41:3<261::AID-CCD6>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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