Vena cava superior syndrome developing in a dialysis patient with antithrombin III deficiency following temporary catheterization

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-74

  Unver, Suat ^a   Atasoyu, E M ^a   Evrenkaya, T R ^a   Ozmen, N ^a   Arslan, Y ^a   Karaman, B ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antithrombin III; Dialysis catheter; VCS syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBIN III; HEPARIN; STREPTOKINASE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTITHROMBIN III DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SUBCLAVIAN VEIN CATHETER; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 30744469352     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CNP65071     Document Type: Article

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