Successful treatment of basilar artery thrombosis with both heparin and tissue plasminogen activator in the setting of traumatic vertebral artery dissection

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1335-1337

  Erlich, Victor M ^a   Newell, David W ^b,c  

^a NORTHWEST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Department of Neurological Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXPERIENCE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; BASILAR ARTERY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 11144232840     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TA.0000145077.15084.07     Document Type: Article

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