Prosthetic valve thrombosis: What is the most appropriate initial therapy?

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1367-1376

  Azpitarte, José ^a   Sánchez Ramos, Jesús ^a   Urda, Tomás ^a,b   Vivancos, Ricardo ^a,b   Oyonarte, José M ^a   Malpartida, Félix ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b Servicio de Cardiología   (Spain)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart valve surgery; Prosthetic valve thrombosis; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; THROMBOSIS; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; AORTIC VALVE; CHILD; ENGLISH ABSTRACT; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MITRAL VALVE; THROMBOSIS;

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0035542941     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-8932(01)76519-0     Document Type: Article

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