PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - Griffin, Brian P.
AU  - Bettadapur, Monica S.
AU  - Asher, Craig R.
TI  - Caring for patients with prosthetic heart valves
DP  - 2002 Jan 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 75--87
VI  - 69
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/69/1/75.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/69/1/75.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2002 Jan 01; 69
AB  - Patients with prosthetic heart valves require regular examinations and echocardiograms, antithrombotic therapy, and appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis against endocarditis. Physicians must also be on the alert for several uncommon but potentially devastating complications: valve structural failure, thrombosis, embolism, endocarditis, paravalvular leak, and hemolytic anemia.