Fibrinolytic therapy of prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis during pregnancy: Three case reports and review of the literature

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 406-413

  Ozer, Orhan ^a   Davutoglu, Vedat ^a   Soydinc, Hatice E ^a   Cebesoy, Fatma B ^b   Sari, Ibrahim ^a   Akcay, Murat ^c  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Konukoglu Medical Center   (Turkey)

^c ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

echocardiography; fibrinolytic therapy; pregnancy; prosthetic valve thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MUCOSAL BLEEDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954971391     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1076029609335517     Document Type: Article

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