Efficacy and safety of alfimeprase in patients with acute peripheral arterial occlusion (PAO)

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 600-609

  Han, Sukgu M ^a   Weaver, Fred A ^a   Comerota, Anthony J ^b   Perler, Bruce A ^c   Joing, Mark ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Toledo Vascular Institute   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ARCA Biopharma   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFIMEPRASE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CATHETER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG SAFETY; EMBOLISM; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION; LEG; LIMB PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLACEBO EFFECT; PULSE THERAPY, DRUG; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77549086767     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.08.053     Document Type: Article

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