Successful thrombolysis of a subacute prosthetic valve thrombosis with modified ultra‐slow thrombolytic therapy

Prosthetic valve thrombosis is a serious complication of heart valve surgery. According to the recent studies, thrombolytic therapy is an important alternative therapy to the open heart surgery with successful outcomes. We present a case of a prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis who was successfully t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2018-08, Vol.35 (8), p.1243-1244
Hauptverfasser:	Altay, Hakan, Kocabaş, Umut, Yıldırımtürk, Özlem, Özkalaycı, Flora, Sarıtaş, Bülent, Pehlivanoğlu, Seçkin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease diagnostic imaging tools Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Drug Administration Schedule Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional - methods Echocardiography, Transesophageal - methods Female Fibrinolytic Agents - administration & dosage Follow-Up Studies Heart Diseases - diagnosis Heart Diseases - drug therapy Heart Valve Prosthesis - adverse effects Heparin - administration & dosage Humans Infusions, Intravenous Middle Aged Mitral Valve - diagnostic imaging Mitral Valve - surgery Prosthesis Failure prosthetic valve three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography thrombolysis Thrombolytic Therapy - methods Thrombosis - diagnosis Thrombosis - drug therapy thrombus Tissue Plasminogen Activator - administration & dosage
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Zusammenfassung:	Prosthetic valve thrombosis is a serious complication of heart valve surgery. According to the recent studies, thrombolytic therapy is an important alternative therapy to the open heart surgery with successful outcomes. We present a case of a prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis who was successfully treated with modified ultra‐slow thrombolytic therapy.
ISSN:	0742-2822 1540-8175
DOI:	10.1111/echo.14057