Management of prosthetic heart valve obstruction: Fibrinolysis versus surgery. Early results and long-term follow-up in a single-centre study of 263 cases

Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 269-277

  Roudaut, Raymond ^a   Lafitte, Stephane ^a   Roudaut, Marie Françoise ^a   Reant, Patricia ^a   Pillois, Xavier ^b   Durrieu Jaïs, Catherine ^a   Coste, Pierre ^a   Deville, Claude ^a   Roques, Xavier ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Prosthetic heart valve obstruction; Transoesophageal echocardiography; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ADULT; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DRUG FATALITY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE OBSTRUCTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 67349144735     PISSN: 18752136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2009.01.007     Document Type: Review

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