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European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access originally published online on February 13, 2008
European Journal of Echocardiography 2008 9(4):581-583; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen072
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Successful fibrinolytic treatment in an old patient with acute aortic prosthetic thrombosis

Ergün Baris Kaya*, Ugur Kocabas, Kudret Aytemir and Lale Tokgözoglu

Cardiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Sihhiye, Ankara 06100, Turkey

Received 6 November 2007; accepted after revision 13 January 2008; online publish-ahead-of-print 13 February 2008.

* Corresponding author: Ergazi Mah. Batikent Bulvari. Mitas-Çagdas Sitesi 9/2, Batikent, Ankara, Turkey. Tel: +90 312 3051780; fax: +90 312 3054137. E-mail address: doctorkaya{at}yahoo.com; ekaya{at}hacettepe.edu.tr


  Abstract

Thrombosis of mechanical heart valve prosthesis is a rare fatal complication after heart valve replacement. This report describes an old female patient with aortic prosthetic valve thrombosis who had a successful fibrinolytic treatment.

Keywords: Prosthetic heart valve; Thrombosis; Fibrinolytic treatment


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