Why the study?
Does the activity of the coagulation system correlate with the number of Doppler emboli in patients with prosthetic cardiac valves?
Population
140 patients, comprising 120 patients with various types of prosthetic valves and 20 patients in atrial…
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
30 minutes
Authors
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Questions thrombotic origin of Doppler emboli in prosthetic valves; leaves open non-thrombotic sources for prospective study.
Does the activity of the coagulation system correlate with the number of Doppler emboli in patients with prosthetic cardiac valves?
The lack of correlation between coagulation activity and Doppler emboli suggests that the embolic material detected in patients with prosthetic valves is not thrombotic.
Georgiadis et al. (1994) studied this question.
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