Effectiveness of pharmacomechanical thrombolysis in infants and children.
Between March 1995 and February 2000, 10 children with major thromboses were treated with local pharmacomechanical thrombolysis. Clinical improvement was found in 8 patients: follow-up angiography showed complete thrombus resolution in 5 patients and subtotal resolution in 4.
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Cardiac Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and the Department of Pediatrics, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000792:Angiography; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017131:Thrombectomy; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000628:therapy*; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome