Low dose intraarterial thrombolysis with tissue plasminogen activator: Does it deliver as promised?

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 351-356

  Madhavan, P ^a   Sultan, S ^a   McDonnell, C O ^a   Cowman, J P ^b   Colgan, M P ^a   McEniff, N ^c   Molloy, M ^c   Moore, D J ^a   Shanik, G ^a  

^a Trinity College Dublin ^*  (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBOLISM; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANEURYSM, FALSE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036753227     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153857440203600504     Document Type: Article

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