Antiplatelet therapy for a pregnant woman with a mechanical aortic valve: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1002-1004

  Ueno, Masahiro ^a   Masuda, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Kazuo ^a   Sakata, Ryuzo ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antiplatelet therapy; Mechanical heart valve; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEPARIN; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 0035208388     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950170011     Document Type: Article

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