TY - JOUR
T1 - Conservative treatment for the removal of a central venous catheter with large thrombus
T2 - A case report
AU - Sugimachi, Keishi
AU - Yonemitsu, Yoshikazu
AU - Komori, Kimihiro
AU - Sugimachi, Keizo
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Thrombus is one of the serious complications associated with the use of a central venous catheter (CVC). We report the case of a 74-year-old Japanese man with a large CVC thrombus who successfully undenvent thrombolytic treatment. The infusion of recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) was effective for achieving a partial dissolution of the thrombus, and the CVC was thereafter successfully removed without any serious complications during both the clinical course and the long-term follow-up period. We therefore consider thrombolytic treatment with rt-PA to be effective and not overly invasive, and may thus be useful in treating patients experiencing a CVC-related thrombus.
AB - Thrombus is one of the serious complications associated with the use of a central venous catheter (CVC). We report the case of a 74-year-old Japanese man with a large CVC thrombus who successfully undenvent thrombolytic treatment. The infusion of recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator (rt-PA) was effective for achieving a partial dissolution of the thrombus, and the CVC was thereafter successfully removed without any serious complications during both the clinical course and the long-term follow-up period. We therefore consider thrombolytic treatment with rt-PA to be effective and not overly invasive, and may thus be useful in treating patients experiencing a CVC-related thrombus.
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U2 - 10.1177/088453360001500504
DO - 10.1177/088453360001500504
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77949693653
SN - 0884-5336
VL - 15
SP - 223
EP - 226
JO - Nutrition in Clinical Practice
JF - Nutrition in Clinical Practice
IS - 5
ER -