Dialysis access graft thrombolysis: Randomized study of pulse-spray versus continuous urokinase infusion

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 135-137

  Goodwin, Scott C ^a   Arora, Lokesh C ^a   Razavi, Mahmood K ^a   Sayre, James ^a   McNamara, Thomas O ^a   Yoon, Chun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis Shunts; Grafts, interventional procedures; Thrombolysis; Urokinase

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; UROKINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE DRUG RELEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ARM; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL DIALYSIS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0031893796     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002709900229     Document Type: Article

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