Value of transesophageal echocardiography, esophago-gastroduodenoscopy and retinoscopy prior to intra-arterial fibrinolytic therapy in patients with peripheral arterial disease

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 255-260

  Kröger, Knut ^a   Biro, F ^a   Zeeh, J M ^a   Bartel, Th ^a   Vij, O ^a   Goyen, M ^a   St Ruehm, G ^a   Santosa, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER HARAPAN KITA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Fibrinolytic therapy; Gastric ulcer; Intracardiac thrombus; Peripheral arterial occlusive disease

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ANEURYSM; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CLAUDICATION; DESCENDING AORTA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENOSCOPY; EMBOLISM; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION RETINOPATHY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH LESION; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RETINA DISEASE; RETINOSCOPY; SCREENING; STOMACH CARCINOMA; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 0036858641     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0301-1526.31.4.255     Document Type: Article

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