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  • Title: Successful thrombolytic therapy for prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis with hemodynamic obstruction: case report and review of the literature.
    Author: Akdeniz B, Baris N, Badak O, Aslan O.
    Journal: J Heart Valve Dis; 2005 Sep; 14(5):687-92. PubMed ID: 16245509.
    Abstract:
    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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