Case study and review: Treatment of tricuspid prosthetic valve thrombosis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-19

  Zhang, David Yi ^a   Lozier, Jay ^b   Chang, Richard ^b   Sachdev, Vandana ^c   Chen, Marcus Y ^c   Audibert, Jennifer L ^c   Horvath, Keith A ^c   Rosing, Douglas R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebstein anomaly; Pannus; Prosthetic valve; Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (tPa); Thrombosis, thrombolysis, fibrinolysis; Tricuspid valve

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA 2 ANTIPLASMIN; ALTEPLASE; D DIMER; DIGOXIN; ENOXAPARIN; FIBRINOGEN; HEPARIN; PLASMINOGEN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYANOSIS; DYSPNEA; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; EPICARDIAL PACEMAKER; FAINTNESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; REVIEW; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TRICUSPID VALVE REPLACEMENT; TRICUSPID VALVE STENOSIS;

FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 84870241080     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.09.081     Document Type: Review

References (34)

1. R.A. DeWall, N. Qasim, and L. Carr Evolution of mechanical heart valves Ann Thorac Surg 69 2000 1612 1621
2. W. Vongpatanasin, L.D. Hillis, and R.A. Lange Prosthetic heart valves N Engl J Med 335 1996 407 416
3. K.E. Hammermeister, G.K. Sethi, W.G. Henderson, C. Oprian, T. Kim, and S. Rahimtoola A comparison of outcomes in men 11 years after heart-valve replacement with a mechanical valve or bioprosthesis. Veterans Affairs Cooperative Study on Valvular Heart Disease N Engl J Med 328 1993 1289 1296
4. C.W. Thorburn, J.J. Morgan, M.X. Shanahan, and V.P. Chang Long-term results of tricuspid valve replacement and the problem of prosthetic valve thrombosis Am J Cardiol 51 1983 1128 1132
5. P. Montorsi, D. Cavoretto, M. Alimento, M. Muratori, and M. Pepi Prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis: can fluoroscopy predict the efficacy of thrombolytic treatment? Circulation 108 Suppl. 1 2003 II79 II84
6. F.M. Caceres-Loriga, H. Perez-Lopez, J. Santos-Gracia, and K. Morlans-Hernandez Prosthetic heart valve thrombosis: pathogenesis, diagnosis and management Int J Cardiol 110 2006 1 6
7. E. Deviri, P. Sareli, T. Wisenbaugh, and S.L. Cronje Obstruction of mechanical heart valve prostheses: clinical aspects and surgical management J Am Coll Cardiol 17 1991 646 650
8. N. Tsiouris, and M. Ahmad Prosthetic valve thrombosis and thrombolysis: a case report and review of the literature Am J Med Sci 322 2001 229 232
9. P. Kaul, K. Adluri, K. Javangula, and W. Baig Successful management of multiple permanent pacemaker complications-infection, 13 year old silent lead perforation and exteriorisation following failed percutaneous extraction, superior vena cava obstruction, tricuspid valve endocarditis, pulmonary embolism and prosthetic tricuspid valve thrombosis J Cardiothorac Surg 4 2009 12
10. T.M. LaBounty, P.P. Agarwal, and A. Chughtai Hemodynamic and functional assessment of mechanical aortic valves using combined echocardiography and multidetector computed tomography J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 3 2009 161 167
11. J. Barbetseas, S.F. Nagueh, C. Pitsavos, P.K. Toutouzas, M.A. Quinones, and W.A. Zoghbi Differentiating thrombus from pannus formation in obstructed mechanical prosthetic valves: an evaluation of clinical, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic parameters J Am Coll Cardiol 32 1998 1410 1417
12. S. Aoyagi, S. Fukunaga, and H. Teshima Treatment for mechanical valve thrombosis in the right heart: combined pharmacological and mechanical thrombolysis Artif Organs 34 2010 E238 E241
13. J.M. Jones, H. O'Kane, and D.J. Gladstone Repeat heart valve surgery: risk factors for operative mortality J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 122 2001 913 918
14. T. Guenther, C. Noebauer, D. Mazzitelli, R. Busch, P. Tassani-Prell, and R. Lange Tricuspid valve surgery: a thirty-year assessment of early and late outcome Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 34 2008 402 409
15. C.L. Kao, M.S. Lu, J.P. Chang, T.Y. Yang, and H.W. Cheng Thrombotic obstruction of a mechanical prosthetic valve in tricuspid position Tex Heart Inst J 36 2009 261 263
16. A. Vahanian, H. Baumgartner, and J. Bax Guidelines on the management of valvular heart disease: the task force on the management of valvular heart disease of the European society of cardiology Eur Heart J 28 2007 230 268
17. J.C. Sun, M.J. Davidson, A. Lamy, and J.W. Eikelboom Antithrombotic management of patients with prosthetic heart valves: current evidence and future trends Lancet 374 2009 565 576
18. R. Roudaut, S. Lafitte, and M.F. Roudaut Fibrinolysis of mechanical prosthetic valve thrombosis: a single-center study of 127 cases J Am Coll Cardiol 41 2003 653 658
19. F.M. Caceres-Loriga, H. Perez-Lopez, and K. Morlans-Hernandez Thrombolysis as first choice therapy in prosthetic heart valve thrombosis. A study of 68 patients J Thromb Thrombolysis 21 2006 185 190
20. D.G. Hurrell, H.V. Schaff, and A. Tajik Thrombolytic therapy for obstruction of mechanical prosthetic valves Mayo Clin Proc 71 1996 605 613
21. M. Lengyel, V. Fuster, and M. Keltai Guidelines for management of left-sided prosthetic valve thrombosis: a role for thrombolytic therapy. Consensus conference on prosthetic valve thrombosis J Am Coll Cardiol 30 1997 1521 1526
22. Y. Shapira, I. Herz, and M. Vaturi Thrombolysis is an effective and safe therapy in stuck bileaflet mitral valves in the absence of high-risk thrombi J Am Coll Cardiol 35 2000 1874 1880
23. R. Chang, C.C. Chen, A. Kam, E. Mao, T.H. Shawker, and M.K. Horne III Deep vein thrombosis of lower extremity: direct intraclot injection of alteplase once daily with systemic anticoagulation - results of pilot study Radiology 246 2008 619 629
24. J. Lozier, and R. Chang Clinical safety, efficacy & pharmacokinetics of intra-clot tPA for lower extremity DVT J Thromb Haemost 7 Suppl. 2 2009 7
25. R. Chang, M.K. Horne III, and T.H. Shawker Low-dose, once-daily, intraclot injections of alteplase for treatment of acute deep venous thrombosis J Vasc Interv Radiol 22 8 2011 1107 1116
26. G. Agnelli, M.R. Buchanan, F. Fernandez, J. Van Ryn, and J. Hirsh Sustained thrombolysis with DNA recombinant type tissue plasminogen activator in rabbits Blood 66 1985 399 401
27. G. Agnelli Rationale for bolus t-PA therapy to improve efficacy and safety Chest 97 4 Suppl 1990 161S 167S
28. D. Muhl, R. Furedi, and K. Gecse Time course of platelet aggregation during thrombolytic treatment of massive pulmonary embolism Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis 18 2007 661 667
29. S. Desai, and C. Kavinsky Localized left atrial administration of tPA for the treatment of mechanical mitral valve thrombosis Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 72 2008 151 155
30. S.M. Seltzer, M.D. Reed, and E.S. Siwik Intra-atrial tissue plasminogen activator infusion for prosthetic valve thrombosis Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 67 2006 139 141
31. B. Van Overmeire, P.J. Van Reempts, and K.J. Van Acker Intracardiac thrombus formation with rapidly progressive heart failure in the neonate: treatment with tissue type plasminogen activator Arch Dis Child 67 1992 443 445
32. R. Manteiga, J. Carlos Souto, and A. Altes Short-course thrombolysis as the first line of therapy for cardiac valve thrombosis J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 115 1998 780 784
33. R.O. Bonow, B.A. Carabello, and K. Chatterjee focused update incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2006 guidelines for the management of patients with valvular heart disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines J Am Coll Cardiol 52 2008 e1 e142
34. D.N. Salem, P.T. O'Gara, and C. Madias Valvular and structural heart disease: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (8th ed) Chest 133 2008 593S 629S