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Thrombus attached to suture materials successfully thrombolysed with low-dose tissue plasminogen activator.
- Source :
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Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi arsivi : Turk Kardiyoloji Derneginin yayin organidir [Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars] 2014 Jan; Vol. 42 (1), pp. 61-3. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Mechanical prosthetic heart valve thrombosis is one of the most common complications of valve surgery. We herein describe an unusual clinical vignette. A 60-year-old man who underwent prosthetic mitral valve reoperation suffered from nonobstructive thrombus attached to the elongated suture materials in the postoperative sixth month. The thrombus was precisely depicted by two- and three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography and was successfully lysed with low-dose slow infusion of tissue plasminogen activator after failed heparin treatment.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1016-5169
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi arsivi : Turk Kardiyoloji Derneginin yayin organidir
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24481097
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5543/tkda.2014.28227