Evaluating the etiology of mechanical valve obstruction: Use of clinical parameters, fluoroscopy, and echocardiography

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 495-500

  Licata, Anthony ^a,b   Matthai Jr , William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pannus; Prosthetic valve; Thrombolysis; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL VALVE OBSTRUCTION; PANNUS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; THROMBUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANNICULITIS; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0036199471     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.10096     Document Type: Article

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