title: Successful thrombolysis for prosthetic pulmonary valve obstruction.
abstract: Thrombosis is a serious complication of prosthetic heart valve operations. In recent years, systemic thrombolysis has emerged as a suitable alternative to surgery. Experience with thrombosis of pulmonary prosthetic valves is very limited. We report a case of successful administration of intravenous streptokinase for thrombosis of a St. Jude Medical prosthetic valve 3 weeks after pulmonary valve replacement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Strickman
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: X G
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Phan
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Zeluff
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wilansky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D013300:Streptokinase / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D013300:Streptokinase