Treating thrombotic prosthetic arteriovenous access with cross-balloon occlusive thrombolysis and angioplasty

Objective: Clot embolism remains a concern due to flushing of clot and thrombolytic agent centrally in the process of percutaneous pharmacomechanical thrombolysis (PMT) for a thrombosed prosthetic arteriovenous access (PAVA), which might be reduced by a modified technique. Methods: We retrospectivel...

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Main Authors: Shen Sun, Heng-Wen Chou, Jer-Shen Chen, Chih-Yang Chan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-04-01
Series:Asian Journal of Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S101595841200036X