Management of an acute ischemic stroke during thrombolytic treatment in a pregnant patient with prosthetic valve thrombosis

Macit Kalçik, Mahmut Yesin, Emrah Bayam, Mustafa Ozan Gürsoy, Ahmet Güner, Sabahattin Gündüz, Mehmet Özkan

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Abstract

Prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT) is a life-threatening complication in pregnant women with mechanical prosthetic heart valves. Thrombolytic therapy (TT) has evolved as an effective treatment alternative to surgery, which is associated with very high maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity in these patients. Acute ischemic stroke may rarely occur during TT for PVT. Here, we present a pregnant patient who was complicated with cerebral thromboembolism during TT for PVT and successfully managed with continuation of TT.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)150-153
Number of pages4
JournalInterventional Medicine and Applied Science
Volume9
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Prosthetic valve
  • Stroke
  • Thrombolysis
  • Thrombus
  • Transesophageal echocardiography

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