Thrombolysis with percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty of a blocked modified Blalock-Taussig shunt

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 673-676

  Singh, V ^a   Pillai, S ^a   Kulkarni, Snehal ^a   Murthy, K S ^a   Coelho, R ^a   Ninan, B ^a   Cherian, K M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Balloon angioplasty; Blalock Taussig shunt; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; UROKINASE; WARFARIN;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BALLOON DILATATION; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; RECANALIZATION;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 14144250582     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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