Early and late results of thrombolytic therapy using tissue-type plasminogen activator to restore arterial pulse after cardiac catheterization in infants and small children

Am J Cardiol. 2003 Apr 1;91(7):908-10. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00037-7.

Authors

Duraisamy Balaguru¹, Muhammad Dilawar, Pamela Ruff, Wolfgang A K Radtke

Affiliation

¹ Children's Heart Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA.

PMID: 12667589
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(03)00037-7

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

Arterial Occlusive Diseases / drug therapy
Arterial Occlusive Diseases / physiopathology
Arterial Occlusive Diseases / surgery
Cardiac Catheterization*
Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures
Child Welfare
Child, Preschool
Femoral Artery / diagnostic imaging
Femoral Artery / physiology*
Femoral Artery / surgery
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Infant
Infant Welfare
Infant, Newborn
Length of Stay
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
Postoperative Complications / etiology
Predictive Value of Tests
Pulsatile Flow / drug effects*
Pulsatile Flow / physiology*
South Carolina
Thrombolytic Therapy*
Time Factors
Tissue Plasminogen Activator / therapeutic use*
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonography, Interventional
Vascular Patency / drug effects
Vascular Patency / physiology

Substances

Tissue Plasminogen Activator