Thrombolytic therapy in prosthetic valve thrombosis during early pregnancy

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-76

  Srinivas, B C ^a   Moorthy, Nagaraja ^a   Kuldeep, Arora ^a   Jeevan, Harsha ^a   Chandrasekaran, Danalakshmi ^a   Manjunath, C N ^a  

^a SRI JAYADEVA INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Pregnancy; Prosthetic valve; Thrombolysis; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; STREPTOKINASE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DIURETIC THERAPY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASSIFICATION; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861584341     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-4832(12)60014-5     Document Type: Article

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