Can the deep femoral artery be used reliably as an inflow source for infrainguinal reconstruction? Long-term results in 563 procedures.

Purpose: Historically, most infrainguinal bypasses originated from the common femoral artery. In spite of sporadic reports of the use of the deep femoral artery as an inflow source, its durability has not been critically reviewed.

Methods: From 1977 to 1994, 2829 infrainguinal reconstructions have been performed.

Activation of human and bovine plasminogens by the microplasmin and streptokinase complex.

Human microplasmin is a catalytically active fragment of human plasmin. It consists of a 31-residue C-terminal peptide derived from the A chain bound through two disulfide bonds to the intact B chain of plasmin. It has similar amidolytic and proteolytic activities as the native human Lys-plasmin on a molar basis.