Spontaneous arterial thrombosis in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection: Successful treatment with pharmacomechanical thrombectomy

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 392-395

  Bush, Ruth L ^a   Bianco, Charles C ^b   Bixler, Thomas J ^b   Lin, Peter H ^a   Lumsden, Alan B ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cardiac and Vascular Surgery Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; HEPARIN; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEG ISCHEMIA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ISCHEMIA; LEG; METHODOLOGY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042386149     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-5214(03)00138-1     Document Type: Article

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