Acute coronary syndrome in two patients with mechanical valve prostheses

Autor:	Alper Alp, Oner Ozdogan, Ali Küpelioğlu, Huseyin Elbi, Dayimi Kaya
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine Male Acute coronary syndrome medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Biopsy Embolism Myocardial Infarction Suction Prosthesis Design Prosthesis Mechanical valve Young Adult Coronary thrombosis Predictive Value of Tests Internal medicine medicine Humans cardiovascular diseases Myocardial infarction International Normalized Ratio Thrombus Acute Coronary Syndrome Blood Coagulation Thrombectomy Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation Medical treatment business.industry Anticoagulants Thrombosis General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Treatment Outcome Aortic Valve Heart Valve Prosthesis cardiovascular system Cardiology Mitral Valve Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Echocardiography Transesophageal
Zdroj:	Asian cardiovascularthoracic annals. 23(2)
ISSN:	1816-5370
Popis:	© The Author(s) 2013 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.uk/journalsPermissions.nav.We report 2 similar cases of embolic myocardial infarction due to thrombus on a mechanical prosthesis despite anticoagulation therapy. In our first case, aspiration of the thrombus was performed successfully. Our second patient was given medical treatment with target international normalized ratio values between 3.5 and 4.0.
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