The use of transesophageal echocardiography guidance of thrombolytic therapy in prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 374-378

  Koca, Vedat ^a   Bozat, Tahsin ^a   Sarikamis, Cetin ^b   Akkaya, Vakur ^c,d   Yavuz, Senol ^a   Ozdemir, Ayhan ^a  

^a Bursa State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b International Hospital Istanbul   (Turkey)

^c Cardiovascular Research Center   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOKINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; STREPTOKINASE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034091548     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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