Acute leg ischaemia from thrombosed popliteal artery aneurysms: Role of preoperative thrombolysis

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 251-254

  Dorigo, Walter ^a   Pulli, R ^a   Turini, F ^a   Pratesi, G ^a   Credi, G ^a   Innocenti, A Alessi ^a   Pratesi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute ischaemia; Popliteal aneurysm; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

UROKINASE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND; ACUTE DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LIFE TABLE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; THROMBOSIS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0036518909     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.2001.1595     Document Type: Article

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