Successful treatment of prosthetic pulmonary valve thrombosis with reteplase: a case report

Pulmonary prosthetic valve thrombosis is a serious and rare complication with high mortality. Using reteplase for treatment of prosthesis thrombosis is rarely reported. We report the first case in Iran of a thrombosed pulmonary valve in a patient who had undergone repair of tetralogy of Fallot, whic...

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Autores principales: Bagheri, Ramin Khameneh, Keihanian, Faeze, Ahmadi, Mostafa, Ansari, Mohammad Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6134406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30233255
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S168968
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author Bagheri, Ramin Khameneh
Keihanian, Faeze
Ahmadi, Mostafa
Ansari, Mohammad Ali
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description Pulmonary prosthetic valve thrombosis is a serious and rare complication with high mortality. Using reteplase for treatment of prosthesis thrombosis is rarely reported. We report the first case in Iran of a thrombosed pulmonary valve in a patient who had undergone repair of tetralogy of Fallot, which was successfully treated twice with intravenous thrombolytic therapy with reteplase.
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spelling pubmed-61344062018-09-19 Successful treatment of prosthetic pulmonary valve thrombosis with reteplase: a case report Bagheri, Ramin Khameneh Keihanian, Faeze Ahmadi, Mostafa Ansari, Mohammad Ali Int Med Case Rep J Case Report Pulmonary prosthetic valve thrombosis is a serious and rare complication with high mortality. Using reteplase for treatment of prosthesis thrombosis is rarely reported. We report the first case in Iran of a thrombosed pulmonary valve in a patient who had undergone repair of tetralogy of Fallot, which was successfully treated twice with intravenous thrombolytic therapy with reteplase. Dove Medical Press 2018-09-06 /pmc/articles/PMC6134406/ /pubmed/30233255 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IMCRJ.S168968 Text en © 2018 Khameneh Bagheri et al. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed.
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Bagheri, Ramin Khameneh
Keihanian, Faeze
Ahmadi, Mostafa
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Successful treatment of prosthetic pulmonary valve thrombosis with reteplase: a case report
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title_full Successful treatment of prosthetic pulmonary valve thrombosis with reteplase: a case report
title_fullStr Successful treatment of prosthetic pulmonary valve thrombosis with reteplase: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Successful treatment of prosthetic pulmonary valve thrombosis with reteplase: a case report
title_short Successful treatment of prosthetic pulmonary valve thrombosis with reteplase: a case report
title_sort successful treatment of prosthetic pulmonary valve thrombosis with reteplase: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6134406/
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