Thrombolytic therapy for prosthetic valve thrombosis in third world countries

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-386

  Agrawal, D ^a   Dubey, S ^a   Saket, B ^a   Bhargava, M ^a   Mehta, N ^a   Lohchab, S S ^a   Satsangi, D K ^a   Nigam, M ^a   Gupta, B K ^a   Khanna, S K ^a,b  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Malhotra Heart Institute   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; STREPTOKINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STREPTOKINASE; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 9844235345     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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