SUCCESSFUL THROMBOLYSIS AFTER PROSTHETIC PULMONARY VALVE OBSTRUCTION UNDER ASPIRIN MONOTHERAPY

Authors
BURGER W KNEISSL GD HARTMANN A BAUERSACHS R DORING V SPENGLER U NEUMANN G ROTHE KW
Citation
W. Burger et al., SUCCESSFUL THROMBOLYSIS AFTER PROSTHETIC PULMONARY VALVE OBSTRUCTION UNDER ASPIRIN MONOTHERAPY, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 64(1), 1997, pp. 255-257
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
64
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
255 - 257
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1997)64:1<255:STAPPV>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
In a 22-year-old woman with recent onset of left-sided chest pain and exertional dyspnea, echocardiography revealed obstruction of a St. Jud e Medical bileaflet prosthetic valve (size 23 mm) in the pulmonary pos ition. Oral anticoagulation had been replaced for the previous 7 years by aspirin as the sole antithrombotic treatment. The valve had been i nserted 16 years ago for pulmonary atresia. Valve function was restore d by systemic application of 9 million units of urokinase.