Prosthetic valve thrombosis: Is it time for a new consensus conference?

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 413-414

  Cáceres Loriga, Fidel Manuel ^a  

^a Inst Cardiol Cardiovasc Surg   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; STREPTOKINASE; WARFARIN;

AGED; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THROMBECTOMY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 45849115021     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen113     Document Type: Editorial

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