title: Extensive thromboembolic disease of the hand and forearm: treatment with thrombolytic therapy.
abstract: Six patients with extensive hand and forearm thromboembolic disease were treated by means of intraarterial infusion of urokinase, with good clinical results. Four significant complications occurred, including a possible stroke. Embolization of pericatheter thrombus was a possible etiologic factor in this case. Antegrade brachial artery puncture should be used in the setting of prolonged upper extremity thrombolytic therapy to avoid the cerebral vasculature. Thrombolysis is an effective technique for tissue salvage in cases of inoperable hand thrombosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Program in Medicine, Providence 02902.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Lambiase
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Paolella
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Dorfman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000098:blood supply*; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator