A serial fluoroscopy-guided thrombolytic therapy of a mechanical tricuspid prosthetic valve thrombosis with low-dose and ultra-slow infusion of tissue-type plasminogen activator

Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi Arsivi

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 478-481

  Kalçik, Macit ^a   Gürsoy, Ozan Mustafa ^a   Astarcioʇlu, Mehmet Ali ^a   Özkan, Mehmet ^b  

^a Ko uyolu Kartal Heart Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Fluoroscopy; Prosthetic valve thrombosis; Thrombolytic therapy; Transesophageal; Tricuspid valve

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; WARFARIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIAC IMAGING; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DRUG INFUSION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 84929454027     PISSN: 10165169     EISSN: 13084488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5543/tkda.2014.09804     Document Type: Article

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