Aortic valve noncoronary cusp thrombosis: After implantation of a nonpulsatile, continuous-flow pump

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 618-620

  Demirozu, Zumrut T ^a,b   Frazier, O H ^a  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aortic valve pathology; Heart assist devices adverse effects; Thrombosis; Ventricular dysfunction, left

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; PROTHROMBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CONFUSION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART MASSAGE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LUNG EDEMA; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTIC VALVE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870231982     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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