title: [Intra-arterial thrombolysis using rt-PA for the treatment of occluded infra-inguinal bypasses].
abstract: From July 1990 to July 1993, we performed 41 percutaneous intra-arterial thrombolysis procedures for the treatment of obstructed infra-inguinal bypass grafts in 32 patients. There were 27 men and five women with a mean age of 63 +/- 17 years (range 21 to 83 years). The symptoms of occlusion were intermittent claudication in three cases, rest pain in 12 cases, severe ischemia without sensitive-motor loss in 26 cases. Bypasses were achieved using a prosthesis in 18 cases (43.9%), a saphenous vein in 10 cases (24.4%), an arterial allograft in nine cases (21.9%), and a composite prosthesis-vein graft in four cases (9.8%) (table I). The distal anastomosis of the bypass graft was located on the popliteal artery in 26 cases (63.4%) and a crural artery in 15 cases (36.6%). The mean duration of the occlusion was 4.9 +/- 3.4 days (range 1 to 15 days). The percutaneous approach was through the contralateral common femoral artery in 26 cases (63.4%), through the ipsilateral common femoral artery in seven cases (17.1%), through the left humeral artery in eight cases (19.5%). In all cases the thrombolytic agent was the recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA). Each procedure began with the injection of a five milligram bolus of rt-PA into or onto the thrombus followed by infusion of rt-PA into the thrombus at a dose of 0.05 mg/kg/h. Intravenous heparin was simultaneously administered. Serum fibrinogen, prothrombin time, and partial thromboplastin time (PTT) were measured every three hours.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire, Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, Marseille.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Magnan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moulin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chagnaud
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rosset
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bartoli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Branchereau
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001158:Arteries; D002199:Capillary Permeability / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007264:Inguinal Canal; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator
vernacular_title: Thrombolyse intra-artérielle avec le rt-PA pour le traitement des occlusions des pontages sous-inguinaux.