Peripheral thrombolysis for acute-onset claudication

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 800-804

  Braithwaite, B D ^a,c   Tomlinson, M A ^b   Walkert, S R ^c   Davies, B ^d   Buckenham, T M ^a   Earnshaw, J J ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d KING S MILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLAUDICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HUMAN; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0033011025     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1999.01135.x     Document Type: Article

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