Acute coronary syndrome in two patients with mechanical valve prostheses

Kaya D., Alp A., Elbi H., Kupelioglu A., Ozdogan O.

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, cilt.23, sa.2, ss.215-218, 2015 (Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 23 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/0218492313503573
  • Dergi Adı: Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.215-218
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Acute coronary syndrome, Anticoagulants, Coronary thrombosis, Heart valve diseases, Heart valve prosthesis implantation
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

© 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.