Organized prosthetic tricuspid valve thrombosis treated successfully with medical treatment.

ABSTRACT: Prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT) can be a life-threatening complication that requires immediate treatment. We present a case of 57-year-old woman with tricuspid PVT who was definitely diagnosed by multi-detector-row computed tomography limited with echocardiography. The patient was treated successfully with an alternative approach using low molecular weight heparin bridging therapy followed by intensifying anticoagulation alone.

SUBMITTER: Shin HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3894373 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature