Thrombotic obstruction of a mechanical prosthetic valve in tricuspid position

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 261-263

  Kao, Chiung Lun ^a   Lu, Ming Shian ^a   Chang, Jen Ping ^a   Yang, Teng Yao ^b   Cheng, Hui Wen ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; REOPERATION; SAINT JUDE HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE PROSTHESIS; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TRICUSPID VALVE STENOSIS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; TRICUSPID VALVE STENOSIS;

EID: 67650421830     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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