title: Accelerated thrombolysis and angioplasty for hand ischemia in Buerger's disease.
abstract: A patient with severe hand ischemia due to Buerger's disease was treated by a rapidly effective modification of percutaneous catheterization. Accelerated mechanical and pharmacologic thrombolysis of an occluded palmar arch with 200,000 U urokinase and subsequent small vessel angioplasty abolished pain and restored digital perfusion within 40 min.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Bookstein
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply*; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013919:Thromboangiitis Obliterans / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000628:therapy; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D006493:Heparin; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator