Tajima H, Murakami R, Kawamata H, Goto S, Iida E, Aoyama T, Oya T, Kumazaki T, Takayama M, Nejima J
Department of Radiology, Nippon Medical School.
Nihon Igaku Hoshasen Gakkai Zasshi. 1995 May;55(6):423-4.
Three cases of acute massive pulmonary thromboembolism were treated with the superselective infusion of tissue-plasminogen activator. Superselective pulmonary angiography immediately after administration of tissue-plasminogen activator demonstrated angiographic improvement in all patients. No complications were encountered during or after the procedure. It is considered that superselective infusion of tissue-plasminogen activator can be an effective therapy for massive pulmonary thromboembolism.
