Thrombolytic therapy of a left-sided prosthetic valve thrombosis without hemodynamic obstruction: A case report

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1230-1234

  Gulati, Martha ^a   Furlong, Kathleen ^a   DeCara, Jeanne ^a   Spencer, Kirk T ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; HEPARIN; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PHENYTOIN; STREPTOKINASE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; SEIZURE; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035213194     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2001.114396     Document Type: Article

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