Thrombolysis as initial treatment of peripheral native artery and bypass graft occlusions in a general community hospital

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 314-320

  Breukink, Stephanie O ^a,b   Vrouenraets, Bart C ^a,b   Davies, Gareth A ^a,b   Voorwinde, Anthony ^a,b   Van Dorp, Tietse A ^a,b   Butzelaar, Rudi M J M ^a,b  

^a St Lucas/Andreas Ziekenhuis ^*

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; AMPUTATION; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLAUDICATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEG ARTERY; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LIMB DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 2542471609     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-004-0043-4     Document Type: Article

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