Comparison of thrombolysis versus surgery as a first line therapy for prosthetic heart valve thrombosis

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 275-279

  Keuleers, Siegmund ^a   Herijgers, Paul ^a   Herregods, Marie Christine ^a   Budts, Werner ^a   Dubois, Christophe ^a   Meuris, Bart ^a   Verhamme, Peter ^a   Flameng, Willem ^a   Van De Werf, Frans ^a   Adriaenssens, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRICUSPID VALVE REPLACEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650882983     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.09.013     Document Type: Article

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