Urgent surgery compared with fibrinolytic therapy for the treatment of left-sided prosthetic heart valve thrombosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 1557-1566

  Karthikeyan, Ganesan ^a   Senguttuvan, Nagendra Boopathy ^a   Joseph, Jo ^a   Devasenapathy, Niveditha ^b   Bahl, Vinay K ^a   Airan, Balram ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Fibrinolysis; Heart valve surgery; Prosthetic heart valve thrombosis; Thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FIBRINOLYSIS; HEART VALVE SURGERY; PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE THROMBOSIS; THROMBOLYSIS;

EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RECURRENCE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84878873778     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs486     Document Type: Article

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