Differentiation of thrombus from pannus as the cause of acquired mechanical prosthetic heart valve obstruction by non-invasive imaging: A review of the literature

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 119-129

  Tanis, Wilco ^a   Habets, Jesse ^a   Van Den Brink, Renee B A ^b   Symersky, Petr ^b   Budde, Ricardo P J ^a,c   Chamuleau, Steven A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

computed tomography angiography; echocardiography; fluoroscopy; pannus; prosthetic heart valve obstruction; thrombus

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED MECHANICAL PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE OBSTRUCTION; CARDIAC IMAGING; FIBRINOLYSIS; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY STUDIES CHECKLIST; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; PANNUS; PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE OBSTRUCTION; THROMBUS;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84892911649     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jet127     Document Type: Review

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