Successful Thrombolytic Therapy for Prosthetic Mitral Valve Thrombosis with Hemodynamic Obstruction: Case Report and Review of the Literature Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine Department of Cardiology, Izmir, Turkey |
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Prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT) is a serious complication of mechanical valves. The use of thrombolytic therapy to relieve thrombotic prosthetic valve obstruction is accepted for right-sided valves, but its role in left-sided valves and hemodynamically stable patients awaits clarification. The case is |
presented of a patient in whom prosthetic heart valve
thrombosis was treated successfully with streptokinase under transesophageal
echocardiographic guidance. |
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