Successful treatment of renal artery thromboembolism with low-dose prolonged infusion of tissue-typed plasminogen activator in a patient with mitral mechanical heart valve thrombosis under the guidance of multimodality imaging

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 663-665

  Aykan, Ahmet Ç ^a   Gürsoy, Ozan M ^b   Özkan, Mehmet ^b   Yldz, Mustafa ^b   Kahveci, Gökhan ^b   Uslu, Zülal ^b  

^a Ahi Evren Chest and Cardiovascular Surgery Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b Kosuyolu Kartal Heart Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Prosthetic valve; Renal artery; Thromboembolism; Thrombolytic therapy

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY COLIC; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; RENAL ARTERY THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 84866981744     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: 14735733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e328355e86d     Document Type: Article

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