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Renal artery embolism: thrombolysis with recombinant tissue‐type plasminogen activator
Author(s) -
MÜGGE A.,
GULBA D. C.,
FREI U.,
WAGENBRETH I.,
GROTE R.,
DANIEL W. G.,
LICHTLEN P. R.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.625
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1365-2796
pISSN - 0954-6820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1990.tb00232.x
Subject(s) - medicine , embolus , plasminogen activator , thrombolysis , embolism , renal artery , cardiology , t plasminogen activator , artery , radiology , kidney , myocardial infarction
. The case of a patient with acute occlusion of the right renal artery due to an embolus is described. Using transoesophageal echocardiography, the left atrial appendage could be identified as the source of embolism. Twenty hours after the onset of symptoms, the embolus could be successfully dissolved with an intra‐arterial low‐dose infusion of recombinant tissue‐type plasminogen activator (10 mg loading dose, 20 mg continuous infusion within 12 h).