Successful fibrinolytic treatment in an old patient with acute aortic prosthetic thrombosis

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 581-583

  Kaya, Ergün Bariş ^a,b   Kocabaş, Uǧur ^a   Aytemir, Kudret ^a   Tokgözoǧlu, Lale ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fibrinolytic treatment; Prosthetic heart valve; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

AGED; AORTA THROMBOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HUMAN; LUNG CONGESTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STREPTOKINASE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 45849150686     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen072     Document Type: Article

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