Treatment of an ilio-caval thrombosis by mechanical thrombolysis.

Moughabghab, A; Socolovsky, C; Lemaitre, R M; Tyasi, A; Alauze, C; Lefebvre, J M; Cuingnet, P · Intensive Care Med · 1995

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

In proximal deep vein thrombosis, thrombolytic treatment is more effective than heparin from a recanalization point of view but with a failure rate of 20%. We describe an interventional therapeutic procedure that may be effective in these cases. Mechanical thrombolysis with the thrombolizer (Angiocor, Lille Hellemmes, France) has been tried in 2 cases of deep vein thrombosis, when systemic thrombolysis alone had failed.

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