Catheter-directed thrombolysis with tPA to restore renal function after iliac venous thrombosis post-renal transplantation

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-65

  Fulton, Courtney ^a   McGregor, Tom ^a   Forbes, Thomas L ^a   Peck, David ^a   Luke, Patrick P W ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Renal transplantation; Thrombolysis; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPLITEAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RENAL GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; VEIN OCCLUSION;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 79953279489     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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