PMID- 15858942
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050527
LR  - 20191109
IS  - 1349-2365 (Print)
IS  - 1349-2365 (Linking)
VI  - 46
IP  - 1
DP  - 2005 Jan
TI  - Surgical treatment of left-sided prosthetic valve thrombosis: short and long-term 
      results.
PG  - 105-11
AB  - We report a single center experience of surgical treatment of 30 cases of 
      left-sided prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT). In our series, a diagnosis of PVT 
      was established based on clinical and echocardiographic examinations. Thrombosis 
      was the major etiologic factor in 25 patients (83.3%), while 22 of 25 patients 
      (88%) had a subtherapeutic anticoagulation level. The early hospital mortality 
      rate was 7.1% in patients with New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional 
      classes II - III, and 31.3% in NYHA functional class IV. The median interval from 
      the surgical procedure to follow-up for these patients was 29.2 months. No 
      recurrence or deaths were observed during 3 to 73 months following the surgical 
      procedure.
FAU - Ozkokeli, Mehmet
AU  - Ozkokeli M
AD  - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular 
      Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
FAU - Sensoz, Yavuz
AU  - Sensoz Y
FAU - Ates, Mehmet
AU  - Ates M
FAU - Ekinci, Abdurrahman
AU  - Ekinci A
FAU - Akcar, Murat
AU  - Akcar M
FAU - Yekeler, Ibrahim
AU  - Yekeler I
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Japan
TA  - Int Heart J
JT  - International heart journal
JID - 101244240
RN  - 0 (Anticoagulants)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Anticoagulants/therapeutic use
MH  - Echocardiography
MH  - Echocardiography, Transesophageal
MH  - Female
MH  - Heart Valve Prosthesis/*adverse effects
MH  - Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Thrombosis/diagnostic imaging/*surgery
MH  - Time Factors
EDAT- 2005/04/30 09:00
MHDA- 2005/05/28 09:00
CRDT- 2005/04/30 09:00
PHST- 2005/04/30 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/05/28 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/04/30 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1536/ihj.46.105 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int Heart J. 2005 Jan;46(1):105-11. doi: 10.1536/ihj.46.105.