Role of fibrinolysis and interventional therapy for acute venous thromboembolism

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-257

  Emmerich, Joseph ^a,b,e   Meyer, Guy ^a,b   Decousus, Hervé ^c   Agnelli, Giancarlo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c SERVICE DE NEUROLOGIE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^e HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Fibrinolysis; Inferior vena cava filter; Pulmonary embolism; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; RETEPLASE; STREPTOKINASE; TROPONIN I; TROPONIN T; UROKINASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTICOAGULATION; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INDICATION; EMBOLECTOMY; FIBRINOLYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VENA CAVA FILTER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTICOAGULANTS; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33748602025     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH06-05-0244     Document Type: Review

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