Amplatzer occlusion of paravalvular leak of mitral mechanical prosthesis following a reoperation for thrombosed mitral mechanical prosthesis

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 941-942

  Nikolic, Aleksandar ^a   Schranz, Ditmaer ^a   Hristov, Nikola ^a   Mitrev, Zan ^a  

^a PZU Filip Vtori   (Macedonia)

Author keywords

Amplatzer occlusion; Paravalvular leak; Prosthetic valve endocarditis; Reoperation; Thrombosed mitral prosthetic valve

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS DEHISCENCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PARAVALVULAR LEAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE DYSFUNCTION; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; REOPERATION; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

DEVICE REMOVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53349102453     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.181867     Document Type: Article

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