Comparison of Different TRansesophageal Echocardiography Guided thrOmbolytic Regimens for prosthetIc vAlve Thrombosis

Summary

Despite high mortality and morbidity, the best treatment strategies for prosthetic valve thrombosis (PVT) have been controversial. In this study the investigators wanted to identify the most effective and safe regimen among different thrombolytic strategies.Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) guided thrombolytic treatment was administered to 182 consecutive patients with PVT in 220 different episodes (156 women, mean age 43.2±13.06 years) between 1993 and 2009. These regimens included rapid streptokinase (Group I, 16 episodes), slow streptokinase (Group II, 41 episodes), high dose (100 mg) tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) (Group III, 12 episodes), half-dose (50 mg) slow infusion (6-hours) of t-PA without bolus (Group IV, 27 episodes), and low dose (25 mg) and slow infusion (6-hours) of t-PA without bolus (Group V, 124 episodes). The study endpoints were thrombolytic success and in-hospital mortality and non-fatal complication rates.

Timeline

Start

1993-01

Primary completion

2009-12

Completion

2009-12

Publications

• Background Ozkan M, Kaymaz C, Kirma C, Sonmez K, Ozdemir N, Balkanay M, Yakut C, Deligonul U. Intravenous thrombolytic treatment of mechanical prosthetic valve thrombosis: a study using serial transesophageal echocardiography. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000 Jun;35(7):1881-9. doi: 10.1016/s0735-1097(00)00654-9.
• Ozkan M, Gunduz S, Biteker M, Astarcioglu MA, Cevik C, Kaynak E, Yildiz M, Oguz E, Aykan AC, Erturk E, Karavelioglu Y, Gokdeniz T, Kaya H, Gursoy OM, Cakal B, Karakoyun S, Duran N, Ozdemir N. Comparison of different TEE-guided thrombolytic regimens for prosthetic valve thrombosis: the TROIA trial. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2013 Feb;6(2):206-16. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2012.10.016.

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