Prolonged selective urokinase infusion in totally occluded coronary arteries and bypass grafts: two case reports.
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.
McKeever
L
L
Section of Cardiology, Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, Illinois.
Hartmann
J
J
Bufalino
V
V
Marek
J
J
Brown
A
A
Goodwin
M
M
Stamato
N
N
Cahill
J
J
Colandrea
M
M
Amirparviz
F
F
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*
D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator