Acta Med. 2008, 51: 59-62

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2017.33

Thrombolytic Treatment of Thrombosis on the Aortic Valvular Prosthesis Complicated by Brain Embolism

Lucie Horákováa, Radek Pudila, Jan Raupachb, Jan Vojáčeka

aCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, 1st Department of Medicine, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
bCharles University in Prague, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Department of Radiology, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Received November 1, 2007
Accepted December 1, 2007

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