Prosthetic valve thrombosis presenting as an acute embolic myocardial infarction in a pregnant patient: Issues on anticoagulation regimens and thrombolytic therapy

Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 774-779

  Varadarajan, Padmini ^a   Isaeff, Dale ^b   Pai, Ramdas G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation therapy; Echocardiography; Pregnancy; Prosthetic valve; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, HYPERTROPHIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WARFARIN;

EID: 33749006588     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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