Cerebral embolism associated with left ventricular assist device support and successful therapy with intraarterial urokinase

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1148-1150

  Kasirajan, Vigneshwar ^a   Smedira, Nicholas G ^a   Per III, John ^a   McCarthy, Patrick M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UROKINASE;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0032943491     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00091-0     Document Type: Article

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