Transesophageal Echocardiography Improves Risk Assessment of Thrombolysis of Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis: Results of the International PRO-TEE Registry

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-84

  Tong, Ann T ^a   Roudaut, Raymond ^b   Ozkan, Mehmet ^c   Sagie, Alex ^d   Shahid, Maie S A ^e   Pontes Jr , Sergio C ^f   Carreras, Francesc ^g   Girard, Steven E ^h   Arnaout, Samir ⁱ   Stainback, Raymond F ^j   Thadhani, Ravi ^k   Zoghbi, William A ^a,l  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^f INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^g HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

ⁱ AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^j TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^l HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STREPTOKINASE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UROKINASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 9144272407     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2003.08.028     Document Type: Article

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