The effect of drug-induced thrombocytopenia on direct-current transcatheter electrocoagulation.
Direct-current transcatheter electrocoagulation in vitro produced substantial clots in thrombocytopenic blood in dogs. The splenic artery was occluded in 3 dogs following ristocetin-induced thrombocytopenia. This procedure may produce effective vessel occlusion in patients with platelet-poor blood.
D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004564:Electrocoagulation; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D012310:Ristocetin; D013157:Splenic Artery; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000139:chemically induced
D012310:Ristocetin