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[Mitral prosthesis thrombosis treated by fibrinolysis with accelerated administration of r-TPA]
F Martín Herrero1, P L Sánchez Fernández, I Piedra Bustamante
1Departamento de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario, Salamanca. fmartinherrero@yahoo.es
Revista Espanola De Cardiologia
|January 5, 2002
Abstract:
We report the case of a 53-year-old patient with a mitral prosthesis hospitalized for heart failure. Diagnosis of mitral prosthetic thrombosis, led to a therapeutic disjunction between thrombolysis and surgery. Because of the high risk of surgical intervention, the patient was treated with r-TPA (accelerated infusion), showing immediate, successful response.