Challenging case of pulse infusion thrombolysis using a unique pump system for a patient with deep vein thrombosis: a case report.
A 69-year-old man presented with chronic deep vein thrombosis due to massive thrombi extending from the inferior vena cava to both femoral veins. He had undergone surgery for prostatic cancer in 1991, and since then he had been taking an artificial estrogen agent. He was successfully treated by pulse infusion thrombolysis using a unique pump system, which we have developed, without complication.
Hokimoto
Seiji
S
Division of Cardiology, Kumamoto Central Hospital, Tainoshima 1-5-1, Kumamoto, Kumamoto 862-0965.
Saito
Taro
T
Noda
Katsuo
K
Moriyama
Yasushi
Y
Ishibashi
Fumiyuki
F
Miyata
Keishi
K
Takayanagi
Satoshi
S
Koga
Hidenobu
H
Oshima
Shuichi
S
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007260:Infusion Pumps; D008297:Male; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016306:Vena Cava Filters; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy*