The Journal of the Association of Physicians of IndiaHumansHeart Valve ProsthesisThrombosisFibrinolytic AgentsThrombolytic Therapy
Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis: Fibrinolysis, Surgery, or Percutaneous Manipulation?
Shankar Machigar, Satyavan Sharma, Anil Sharma, Nagesh Waghmare, Sandeep Varma, Devendra Saksena
Published: 202510.59556/japi.73.1125
Abstract
A total number of 20 cases of prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT) involving left-sided bileaflet St Jude's prosthesis (16), Medtronic Hall (3), and pulmonary prosthesis (1) are reported. Streptokinase (STK) fibrinolysis provided excellent results in 66…
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