TREATMENT OF AN ILIO-CAVAL THROMBOSIS BY MECHANICAL THROMBOLYSIS

Authors
MOUGHABGHAB A SOCOLOVSKY C LEMAITRE RM TYASI A ALAUZE C LEFEBVRE JM CUINGNET P
Citation
A. Moughabghab et al., TREATMENT OF AN ILIO-CAVAL THROMBOSIS BY MECHANICAL THROMBOLYSIS, Intensive care medicine, 21(5), 1995, pp. 440-442
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Intensive care medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
03424642
Volume
21
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
440 - 442
Database
ISI
SICI code
0342-4642(1995)21:5<440:TOAITB>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
In proximal deep vein thrombosis, thrombolytic treatment is more effec tive than heparin from a recanalization point of view but with a failu re rate of 20%. We describe an interventional therapeutic procedure th at may be effective in these cases. Mechanical thrombolysis with the t hrombolizer (Angiocor, Lille Hellemmes, France) has been tried in 2 ca ses of deep vein thrombosis, when systemic thrombolysis alone had fail ed.