Publications by authors named "Dmitriy Zadushlivy"
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- * A case study of a 79-year-old woman using a central venous dialysis catheter illustrates the dangers of using tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to unclog these catheters, which resulted in a paradoxical embolic ischemic stroke.
- * The text suggests that patients with long-term dialysis catheters should be evaluated for the risks of thromboembolism, and questions whether routine bubble study echocardiograms are necessary for all patients in this situation.
BACKGROUND Infective endocarditis (IE) has a high mortality rate, even when treated with appropriate antibiotic therapy and surgical intervention. Right-sided endocarditis is in itself rare, with some studies reporting an incidence of 5-10%. The majority of these cases involve the tricuspid valve, and isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis (PVE) is an extremely rare entity affecting less than 2% of patients with infective endocarditis.
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