Thrombus attached to suture materials successfully thrombolysed with low-dose tissue plasminogen activator

Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi Arsivi

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-63

  Kalçik, Macit ^a   Gürsoy, Ozan Mustafa ^a   Karakoyun, Süleyman ^a   Özkan, Mehmet ^a  

^a Kosuyolu Kartal Heart Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart valve prosthesis; Sutures; Three dimensional methods; Transesophageal

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; SUTURE MATERIAL; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; PROCEDURES; SUTURE; THROMBOSIS;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUTURES; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 84900436581     PISSN: 10165169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5543/tkda.2014.28227     Document Type: Article

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