Adjuvant use of ε-aminocaproic acid (Amicar) in the endovascular treatment of cranial arteriovenous fistulae

Neuroradiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 302-308

  Kallmes, D F ^a   Marx, W F ^a   Jensen, M E ^a   Cloft, H J ^b   Do, H M ^a   Lanzino, G ^a   West, K ^a   Dion, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; PROTAMINE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BRADYCARDIA; CAROTID ARTERY; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DURA MATER; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VEIN THROMBOSIS; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CHILD; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STENT;

6-AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS;

EID: 0033623929     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050890     Document Type: Article

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