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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-8-18
pubmed:abstractText
Our purpose was to study the effectiveness of thrombolytic therapy in treating acute, subacute, and chronic arterial occlusions in a multicenter retrospective study. Intraarterial urokinase infusion was performed in 235 patients for occluded native arteries. There were 70 (30%) with acute and 26 (5%) with subacute occlusions, and 141 (59%) with chronic symptoms for longer than 3 mo. Complete thrombolysis was achieved in 60 (86%) of the acute, 20 (77%) of the subacute, and 106 (75%) of the chronic occlusions. Adjunctive interventional procedures were performed as needed. Long-term follow-up revealed a primary patency of 87%, 85%, and 76% for the acute, subacute, and chronic occlusion groups, respectively. We conclude that the rate of complete thrombolysis of chronic occlusions proved slightly more efficient for acute and virtually the same for subacute occlusions. Long-term follow-up demonstrated a higher failure rate with chronic than with acute occlusions, probably due to worsened peripheral vascular runoff.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0098-6569
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
159-69
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Acute Disease, pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Angiography, pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Angioplasty, pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Arterial Occlusive Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Chronic Disease, pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Endarterectomy, pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Infusions, Intra-Arterial, pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Leg, pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Plasminogen Activators, pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Stents, pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Thrombectomy, pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Thrombolytic Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:9637438-Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparison of thrombolytic therapy of lower-extremity acute, subacute, and chronic arterial occlusions.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Interventional Radiology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Multicenter Study