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

• Автори: Macit Kalçık (Автор), Ahmet Güner (Автор), Emrah Bayam (Автор), Mahmut Yesin (Автор), Semih Kalkan (Автор), Mustafa Ozan Gürsoy (Автор), Sabahattin Gündüz (Автор), Süleyman Karakoyun (Автор), Sinan Cerşit (Автор), Mehmet Özkan (Автор)
• Формат: Книга
• Опубліковано: 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...