Mechanical Tricuspid Valve Thrombosis Successfully Treated With Tissue Plasminogen Activator
oleh: Rebecca Haraf, MD, Tamara Atkinson, MD, Dai-Trang Elizabeth Le, MD, Bhaskar Arora, MD
| Format: | Article |
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| Diterbitkan: | Elsevier 2024-02-01 |
Deskripsi
Prosthetic mechanical valve thrombosis has traditionally been managed with urgent surgical intervention. However, the risk of redo sternotomy can be prohibitively high in some patients. Thrombolytic therapy as a noninvasive treatment of mechanical valve thrombosis is a well-recognized alternative, but optimal dosing and patient selection remain incompletely characterized for right-side mechanical valves.