title: Successful fibrinolytic treatment in a pregnant woman with acute mitral prosthetic valve thrombosis.
abstract: Pregnant patients with mechanical prosthetic heart valves pose a great problem for medical management. The problem is even greater in a pregnant woman with mechanical valve thrombosis. This article describes a pregnant woman with prosthetic mitral valve thrombosis who had a successful fibrinolytic treatment.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe University, Department of Cardiology, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. doctorkaya@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ergün Bariş
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: Uğur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kocabaş
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aksoy
authors.forename: Kudret
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aytemir
authors.forename: Lale
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tokgözoğlu
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D050498:Live Birth; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator