Successful fibrinolytic treatment in an old patient with acute aortic prosthetic thrombosis.
Thrombosis of mechanical heart valve prosthesis is a rare fatal complication after heart valve replacement. This report describes an old female patient with aortic prosthetic valve thrombosis who had a successful fibrinolytic treatment.
Kaya
Ergün Baris
EB
Cardiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Sihhiye, Ankara 06100, Turkey. doctorkaya@yahoo.com
Kocabas
Ugur
U
Aytemir
Kudret
K
Tokgözoglu
Lale
L
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D013300:Streptokinase / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D014463:Ultrasonography
D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D013300:Streptokinase