Repeated Thrombolysis in Multiple Episodes of Thrombosed Prosthetic Heart Valves: A Report of Three Cases and Review of the Literature Yaron Shapira MD, Itzhak Herz MD, Yochai Birnbaum MD, Eitan Snir MD,Bernardo Vidne MD, Alex Sagie MD Three patients with four episodes of thrombosed prosthetic heart valves each, treated successfully with repeated thrombolysis, are reported. This approach was shown to be feasible and safe, and may be used judiciously in appropriate patients who could not, or would not, undergo re-do surgery.

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