Rheolytic thrombectomy in the treatment of acute limb-threatening ischemia: Immediate results and six-month follow-up of the multicenter AngioJet® registry

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 386-393

  Silva, Jose A ^a   Ramee, Stephen R ^a   Collins, Tyrone J ^a   Jenkins, J Stephen ^a   Lansky, Alexandra J ^b   Ansel, Gary M ^c   Dolmatch, Bart L ^d   Glickman, Mark H ^e   Stainken, Brian ^f   Ramee, Emily ^a   White, Christopher J ^a  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MidOhio Cardiology and Vascular Consultants   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Virginia Vascular Associates   (United States)

^f ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Limb ischemia; Thrombectomy

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG THROMBOSIS; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB SALVAGE; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; REGISTER; THROMBECTOMY;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION; COMORBIDITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEOLOGY; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031796250     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199812)45:4<386::AID-CCD7>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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