Prosthetic valve thrombosis: When and how should we lyse?

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 217-219

  Vemulapalli, Sreekanth ^a   Patel, Manesh R ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrinolysis; Prosthetic valve thrombosis; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

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

BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EDITORIAL; EMBOLISM; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; SURGICAL THROMBECTOMY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; DEVICES; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MALE; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STREPTOKINASE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 84891674927     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.12.003     Document Type: Editorial

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