Comparison of thrombolytic therapy of lower-extremity acute, subacute, and chronic arterial occlusions

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-169

  Wholey, Michael H ^a,d   Maynar, Manuel A ^b   Wholey, Mark H ^c   Pulido Duque, Juan M ^b   Reyes, Ricardo ^b   Jarmolowski, Chester R ^c   Castaneda, Wilfrido R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arteries; Extremities; Thrombolysis; Transluminal angioplasty; Urokinase

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; KALLIKREIN; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN; PROUROKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031833027     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199806)44:2<159::AID-CCD8>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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