Successful thrombolysis for prosthetic pulmonary valve obstruction.
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.
Lopez
J A
JA
Department of Adult Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, USA.
Strickman
N E
NE
Jin
B S
BS
Li
X G
XG
Phan
B
B
Zeluff
B J
BJ
Wilansky
S
S
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*
D013300:Streptokinase