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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR 2019; 03(03): 193-195
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-3401326
Case Report
by Indian Society of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

A Case of Needle-Directed Pulse-Spray Pharmacomechanical Thrombolysis of Acute Brachial Artery Thrombosis

Yugandhar Samireddypalle 
1   Department of Radiology, Narayana Medical College and Hospital, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India
,
Uma Maheshwara Reddy V.
1   Department of Radiology, Narayana Medical College and Hospital, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India
,
Chinmay Deepak
2   Department of Radiology, Manipal Hospitals, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
,
Sankar Neelakantan
3   Department of Radiology, Sakra World Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
,
Amitha Vikrama KS
3   Department of Radiology, Sakra World Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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Publication History

received 31 May 2019

accepted 08 July 2019

Publication Date:
04 December 2019 (online)

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Abstract

Acute limb ischemia is a serious disabling condition. The management options depend upon the patient symptoms and signs of ischemia in the affected limb. The management options include surgical thrombo-embolectomy and catheter directed thrombolysis. Catheter directed thrombolysis has now become the first line of management in symptomatic cases. Here, we discuss a case of acute left brachial artery thrombosis which was successfully managed by needle-directed pulse-spray thrombolysis.

Keywords

thrombosis - needle-directed pulse-spray pharmacomechanical thrombolysis - recanalization
 

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