Spinal epidural hematoma associated with tissue plasminogen activator treatment of acute myocardial infarction

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 390-396

  Baron, Eli M ^a   Burke, James A ^a   Akhtar, Naveed ^a   Young, William F ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural analgesia; Magnetic resonance imaging safety; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY STENT; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0032732946     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(199912)48:4<390::AID-CCD15>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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