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SUBMITTER: Biteker M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4625813 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Biteker Murat M Altun Ibrahim I Basaran Ozcan O Dogan Volkan V Yildirim Birdal B Ergun Gokhan G
Journal of clinical medicine research 20151023 12
Prosthetic heart valve thrombosis (PVT) is a rare but serious complication with high morbidity and mortality. The optimal treatment of the PVT is controversial and depends on thrombus location and size, the patient's functional class, the risk of surgery or thrombolysis, and the clinician's experience. Although surgical therapy has been the traditional therapeutic approach, studies with low-dose and slow-infusion rates of thrombolytic agents have revealed excellent results. This article reviews ...[more]