Successful Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Massive Pulmonary Thrombosis after Total Cavo-pulmonary Shunt

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 451-454

  Maeda, Katsuhide ^a   Murakami, Arata ^a   Hishi, Toshio ^a   Takamoto, Shinichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pulmonary thrombosis; Thrombolytic therapy; Total cavo pulmonary shunt

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; HEPARIN; UROKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE COURSE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PORTAL VEIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TOTAL CAVOPULMONARY SHUNT; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PULMONARY ARTERY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0036782939     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02913183     Document Type: Article

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