Thrombolysis of an acute prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis presented with cardiogenic shock under the guidance of continuous transoesophageal monitoring

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 468-470

  Biteker, Murat ^a,b   Duran, Nilüfer Eki ^a   Gündüz, Sabahattin ^a   Gökdeniz, Tayyar ^a   Kaya, Hasan ^a   Aykan, Ahmet Çari ^a   Özkan, Mehmet ^a  

^a KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Emrah Sokak ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Prosthetic heart valve thrombosis; Thrombolysis; Transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DRUG MONITORING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64749096543     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen336     Document Type: Article

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