Thrombolytics and left-sided prosthetic valve thrombosis: A case report

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 130-135

  Hernández Vilá, Eduardo ^a   Stainback, Raymond F ^a   Angelini, Paolo ^a   Krajcer, Zvonimir ^a,b  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Echocardiography, Doppler; Heart valve prosthesis; Heparin therapeutic use; Thrombolytic therapy; Thrombosis diagnosis; Thrombosis drug therapy; Transesophageal; Urokinase therapeutic use; Warfarin therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WARFARIN;

EID: 0031798994     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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