Urokinase thrombolysis in acute-on-chronic vascular occlusion of lower limb

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 405-407

  Shrivastava, Chandra P ^a,b   Devgarha, Sanjeev ^a  

^a SMS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

UROKINASE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GANGRENE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LEG DISEASE; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLITEF IMPLANT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 36349001234     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230701500509     Document Type: Article

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