Repeated thrombolysis in multiple episodes of obstructive thrombosis in prosthetic heart valves: A report of three cases and review of the literature

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 146-149

  Shapira, Yaron ^a   Herz, Itzhak ^a   Birnbaum, Yochai ^a   Snir, Eitan ^a   Vidne, Bernardo ^a   Sagie, Alex ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPYRIDAMOLE; STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; CINEANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETREATMENT; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0033963920     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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