Management of nonobstructive thrombosis of prosthetic mitral valve in asymptomatic patients in the early postoperative period: A study in 20 patients

Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 339-346

  Bemurat, Laurent R ^a,b   Laffort, Patrick R ^a   Deville, Claude J ^a   Roques, Xavier G ^a   Baudet, Eugene M ^a   Roudaut, Raymond P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant treatment; Nonobstructive thrombosis; Prosthetic mitral valve

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FLUINDIONE; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032983550     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1999.tb00823.x     Document Type: Article

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