Anticoagulation and antiplatelet therapy in patients with prosthetic heart valves.
Joel AikinsAbeku KoomsonMofolaoluwami LadeleLana Al-NusairAmna AhmedAmr AshryAmer HarkyPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2020)
This review aims to summarize and critique the available literature concerning therapeutic agents used for bioprosthetic and mechanical valves as well as for valve repair, so as to assist clinicians and researchers in making decisions with regard to their patients and research endeavors.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- antiplatelet therapy
- aortic valve replacement
- end stage renal disease
- mitral valve
- ejection fraction
- aortic stenosis
- acute coronary syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- atrial fibrillation
- chronic kidney disease
- transcatheter aortic valve implantation
- newly diagnosed
- heart failure
- systematic review
- venous thromboembolism
- palliative care
- peritoneal dialysis