title: Prolonged selective urokinase infusion in totally occluded coronary arteries and bypass grafts: two case reports.
abstract: Reports are presented demonstrating a technique for dissolving thrombus in coronary arteries and bypass grafts by using prolonged selective infusion of urokinase via an infusion wire. This allows one to pass a steerable guide wire through the culprit stenosis and perform angioplasty on a distal lesion which could not be previously seen.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cardiology, Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, Illinois.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McKeever
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bufalino
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marek
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goodwin
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stamato
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cahill
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Colandrea
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Amirparviz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator