Massive thromboembolic stroke and death after fibrinolytic therapy of St. Jude prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis: documentation by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography.
Pape
L A
LA
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655.
Love
D G
DG
Gore
J M
JM
D000368:Aged; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008943:Mitral Valve; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000009:adverse effects*
D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator