Thrombus attached to suture materials successfully thrombolysed with low-dose tissue plasminogen activator
Mechanical prosthetic heart valve thrombosis is one of the most common complications of valve surgery. We herein describe an unusual clinical vignette. A 60-yearold man who underwent prosthetic mitral valve reoperation suffered from nonobstructive thrombus attached to the elongated suture materials...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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KARE Publishing
2014-02-01
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| Series: | Türk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi |
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| Online Access: | https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=tkd&un=TKDA-28227 |
| Summary: | Mechanical prosthetic heart valve thrombosis is one of the most common complications of valve surgery. We herein describe an unusual clinical vignette. A 60-yearold 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1016-5169 |