Prolonged low-dose thrombolytic therapy: A novel adjunctive strategy in the management of an infected right atrial thrombus

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 346-349

  Chuang, Sheila ^a   Mehta, Rajendra H ^a   Fay, Wllliam P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection; Pacemaker; Thrombolytic therapy; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CARDITIS; CASE REPORT; DOSE RESPONSE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; SURGICAL RISK; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PENICILLINS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

EID: 0035988271     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4950250709     Document Type: Article

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