[A successful thrombolytic therapy for thrombosed ATS valve in the mitral position in a child; report of a case].
We report a successful thrombolytic therapy for thrombosed ATS valve in the mitral position in a child. A 5-year-old girl was underwent mitral valve re-replacement with ATS mechanical valve for prosthetic valve stenosis in the mitral position. The postoperative course was uneventful, but an unilateral thrombosed leaflet of a ATS valve was observed 26 days after the operation by fluoroscopy. Thrombolytic therapy with urokinase was done and the thrombus was successfully dissolved.
Ootaki
Y
Y
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
Yamaguchi
M
M
Yoshimura
N
N
Oka
S
S
Yoshida
M
M
Hasegawa
T
T
D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator