Thrombolysis in left-sided prosthetic valve occlusion: Immediate and follow-up results

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 462-470

  Reddy, N Krishna ^a   Padmanabhan, T N C ^a   Singh, Shailender ^a   Kumar, D Nirmal ^a   Raju, P Raghava ^a   Satyanarayana, Ponangi Venkata ^a   Rao, D Prasada ^a   Rajagopal, Prabhala ^a   Raju, B Soma ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPYRIDAMOLE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE; RANITIDINE; STREPTOKINASE; UROKINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; RECURRENCE; STREPTOKINASE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0028069072     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(94)92229-2     Document Type: Article

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