Table 1. Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of patients with mechanical stuck valve, 2022.
| Patient | Characteristics | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Sex | Duration since valve implanted | INR# | Site of mechanical valve | Site of stuck valve | Mean gradient (before)* | Mean gradient (after)** | Treatment | |
| 1 | 18 | F | 56month | 1.3 | Mitral | Mitral | 15 | 4.2 | Thrombolysis |
| 2 | 37 | F | 2month | 1.5 | Mitral | Mitral | 32 | 6.0 | Thrombolysis |
| 3 | 20 | M | 6month | 1.5 | Mitral | Mitral | 12 | 2.8 | Heparin & anti-coagulant |
| #4a | 31 | F | 60month | 1.8 | Mitral | Mitral | 17 | 6.0 | Surgery |
| #4b | 31 | F | 3month | 2.9 | Mitral & aortic | Mitral | 31 | 9.0 | Thrombolysis |
| 5 | 37 | F | 84month | 3.9 | Mitral & aortic | Mitral | 30 | 4.3 | Thrombolysis |
| $6a | 26 | F | 26month | 1.7 | Mitral | Mitral | 12 | 7.6 | Thrombolysis |
| $6b | 29 | F | 51month | 1.6 | Mitral | Mitral | 30 | 20.0 | Thrombolysis |
| 7 | 28 | M | 36month | 3.2 | Mitral | Mitral | 16 | 4.4 | Thrombolysis |
| 8 | 46 | F | 10month | 3.1 | Mitral | Mitral | 7 | 4.5 | Heparin & anti-coagulant |
| 9 | 25 | F | 4month | 2.4 | Mitral | Mitral | 15 | 7.0 | Thrombolysis |
| 10 | 27 | M | 84month | 2.1 | Aortic | Aortic | 60 | 29.0 | Thrombolysis |
| 11 | 18 | M | 108month | 1.74 | Mitral | Mitral | 30 | 10.8 | Thrombolysis |
#INR- International Normalized Ratio; Mean trans-vulvar gradient *before intervention and **after intervention.
#4a and #4b as well as $6a and $6b represent patients who had two episodes of stuck valve.