Evaluation of the relationship between platelet indices and spontaneous echo contrast in patients with mitral prosthetic heart valves

• Hauptverfasser: Macit Kalçık (Verfasst von), Ahmet Güner (Verfasst von), Emrah Bayam (Verfasst von), Mahmut Yesin (Verfasst von), Semih Kalkan (Verfasst von), Mustafa Ozan Gürsoy (Verfasst von), Sabahattin Gündüz (Verfasst von), Süleyman Karakoyun (Verfasst von), Sinan Cerşit (Verfasst von), Mehmet Özkan (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: KARE Publishing, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objective: Spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) is defined as dynamic, smoke-like echoes within the cardiac cavities with a characteristic swirling motion seen on echocardiography. Clinical studies have demonstrated that SEC is a risk factor for left atrial thrombus formation and an important indicator f...