Successful fibrinolytic treatment in an old patient with acute aortic prosthetic thrombosis.
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چکیده
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.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology
دوره 9 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008