Prolonged Infusions of Low-Dose Thrombolytics in Elderly Patients With Prosthetic Heart Valve Thrombosis

Gündüz, Sabahattin; Özkan, Mehmet; Yesin, Mahmut; Kalçık, Macit; Gürsoy, Ozan; Karakoyun, Süleyman; Astarcıoğlu, MEHMET; Aykan, Ahmet; Gökdeniz, Tayyar; Biteker, Murat; Duran, Nilufer; Yıldız, Mustafa

doi:10.1177/1076029615609698

Prolonged Infusions of Low-Dose Thrombolytics in Elderly Patients With Prosthetic Heart Valve Thrombosis

Gündüz S., Özkan M., Yesin M., Kalçık M., Gürsoy O. M. , Karakoyun S., ...More

CLINICAL AND APPLIED THROMBOSIS-HEMOSTASIS, vol.23, pp.241-247, 2017 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 23
Publication Date: 2017
Doi Number: 10.1177/1076029615609698
Title of Journal : CLINICAL AND APPLIED THROMBOSIS-HEMOSTASIS
Page Numbers: pp.241-247

Abstract

Background: The outcomes of thrombolytic therapy (TT) in elderly patients with prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT) have not been evaluated previously. We investigated the outcomes of low-dose and slow infusion TT strategies in elderly patients with PVT.