Thrombosis of bileaflet tricuspid valve prosthesis: Clinical spectrum and the role of nonsurgical treatment

American Heart Journal

Volumn 137, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 721-725

  Shapira, Y ^a   Sagie, A ^a   Jortner, R ^a   Adler, Y ^a   Hirsch, R ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; STREPTOKINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; THROMBOSIS; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 0032915719     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(99)70229-2     Document Type: Article

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