The first reported case of embolic protection device implantation in a patient with prosthetic valve thrombosis treated with thrombolytic therapy: a case report

ABSTRACT: Abstract

Background

Prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT) is a rare but one of the most dreaded complications of implanted mechanical valves. Although surgery is the first-line treatment modality particularly in symptomatic obstructive mechanical valve thrombosis, it is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. Thrombolytic therapy has also been used as an alternative to surgical treatment. The risk for cerebral thromboembolism associated with thrombolytic therapy seems to be the main limitation for its use in left-sided mechanical valve thrombosis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of implantation of embolic protection devices during thrombolytic therapy of PVT.

Case summary

Our report describes management of patient with obstructive PVT of th

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC10265456 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature