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(Chest. 1996;110:574-575.)
© 1996 American College of Chest Physicians

Low-dose Thrombolysis for Thrombosed Prosthetic Heart Valve

Etienne Delacrétaz MD1; Jürg Beer MD2; Martin Fleisch MD1; Beat J. Meyer MD1; Urs Kaufmann MD1; and Bernhard Meier MD1

1 From the Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland
2 From the Department of Medicine, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland

This report describes two cases of successful fibrinolysis of thrombosed tricuspid and mitral valve prostheses (Carbomedics; Austin, Texas) with low-dose urokinase therapy corresponding to only one third of the dose usually recommended.

Key Words: fibrinolytic therapy • urokinase • valve prostheses

Submitted on January 16, 1996
Accepted on March 6, 2007






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