Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

Keynote webinar | Spotlight on medication adherence

LIVE: Thursday 27th June 2024, 18:00-19:30 (CEST)
Join our expert panel to discover why you need to understand the drivers of non-adherence in your patients, and how you can optimize medication adherence in your clinics to drastically improve patient outcomes.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Critical Care
Published in: Critical Care 1/2004

01-02-2004 | Poster presentation

Prosthetic heart valve trombosis: thrombolytic therapy as first approach

Authors: J Santos Gracia, F Cáceres Loriga, H Perez Lopez, K Morlans Hernandez, J Valiente Mustelier, M Marrero Miragaya

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2004

Login to get access

Excerpt

Prosthetic heart valve thrombosis (PHVT) after surgical replacement is a threatened complication. The incidence of PHVT may be as high as 13% in the first year or higher if concern to the tricuspid valve. Emergency surgery (thrombectomy or another valve replacement) is the recommended treatment. Thrombolytic therapy has been proposed as an alternative to surgery and is considered the treatment of choice for tricuspid PHVT. Optimal management of patients with PHVT remains controversial. …
Literature
1.
Alpert JS: The thrombosed prosthetic valve [editorial comment]. J Am Coll Cardiol 2003, 41: 659-660. 10.1016/S0735-1097(02)02871-1CrossRefPubMed
2.
Lengyel M, Fuster V, Keltai M, Roudaut R, Schulte HD, Seward JB, et al.: Guidelines for management of left-side prosthetic valve thrombosis: a role for thrombolytic therapy. Consensus Conference on prosthetic valve thrombosis. J Am Coll Cardiol 1997, 30: 1521-1526. 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00345-8CrossRefPubMed
Metadata
Title
Prosthetic heart valve trombosis: thrombolytic therapy as first approach
Authors
J Santos Gracia
F Cáceres Loriga
H Perez Lopez
K Morlans Hernandez
J Valiente Mustelier
M Marrero Miragaya
Publication date
01-02-2004
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2004
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc2565

Other articles of this Special Issue 1/2004

Critical Care 1/2004 Go to the issue

Poster presentation

Protective lung strategy using independent pulmonary ventilation

Poster presentation

Characteristics and blood products requirements of thrombocytopenic patients in ICU

Poster presentation

Thromboelastogram as a screening tool for hypercoagulabilityin traumatic brain injury

Poster presentation

Hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome versus severe preeclampsia: a critical care comparative study

Poster presentation

Changes in glucagon kinetics and processing in patients with acute pancreatitis

Poster presentation

Upregulation of renal inducible NO synthase and proximal tubule damage during human endotoxemia