Applications of thrombolytic therapy

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 756-768

  Curzen, N ^a   Haque, R ^a   Timmis, A ^a  

^a LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; ANISTREPLASE; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; HIRUDIN; RETEPLASE; STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DISEASE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEG ISCHEMIA; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE; THROMBUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL TRIALS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EMBOLISM; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031663345     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050663     Document Type: Review

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