Treatment outcome of patients with prosthetic stuck valves at the Cardiac Center of Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prosthetic Valve Thrombosis (PVT) is rare but life threatening condition which requires urgent intervention. Patient treatment outcome is not well studied in resource limited settings and the current study aims to explore the treatment outcome of patients with PVT at the Cardiac Center of Ethiopia.

Methods

The study was conducted at the Cardiac Center of Ethiopia which provides heart valve surgery. All patients who were diagnosed and managed for PVT in the center during the period July 2017 to March 2022 were included in the study. Data were collected through chart abstraction by using a structured questionnaire. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 20.0 for windows software.

Result

Eleven patients (13 episodes of stuck valve) with PVT were included in

SUBMITTER: Tadesse KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10118175 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature