Systemic thrombolysis of portal vein thrombosis in cirrhotic patients: A pilot study

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 451-455

  De Santis, Adriano ^a   Moscatelli, Rosanna ^a   Catalano, Carlo ^a   Iannetti, Antonio ^a   Gigliotti, Francesca ^a   Cristofari, Francesca ^a   Trapani, Silvia ^a   Attili, Adolfo F ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Portal vein thrombosis; R tPA; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS PRESSURE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PORTAL VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENOUS PRESSURE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77952745526     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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