Tenecteplase in prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis

Journal of the Saudi Heart Association

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-95

  Ayyub Ghori, Masood ^a   Bakir, Sherif ^a   Ellahham, Samer ^a   Al Nassir, Adnan ^a   Al Zubaidi, Abdulmajeed ^a   Augustin, Norbert ^a   Abdelaziz, Moataz Ayman ^a   Turrin, Nicolas Patrick ^a   Al Mahmeed, Wael Abdulrahman ^a  

^a SHEIKH KHALIFA MEDICAL CITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Prosthetic valve; Tenecteplase; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

TENECTEPLASE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART SOUND; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LUNG EDEMA; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79952619016     PISSN: 10167315     EISSN: 22125043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsha.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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