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What is the importance of real-time three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography and time in therapeutic range in patients with prosthetic valve thrombosis?

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Kosuyolu Kartal Heart Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

    Ahmet Guner, Sabahattin Gunduz & Mehmet Ozkan

  2. Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hitit University, Corum, Turkey

    Macit Kalcik

  3. Department of Cardiology, Izmir Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

    Mustafa Ozan Gursoy

  4. School of Health Sciences, Ardahan University, Ardahan, Turkey

    Mehmet Ozkan

  5. Istanbul, Turkey

    Ahmet Guner

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Ahmet Güner, Macit Kalçık, Mustafa Ozan Gürsoy, Sabahattin Gündüz, and Mehmet Özkan declares that they have no conflict of interest.

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Guner, A., Kalcik, M., Gursoy, M.O. et al. What is the importance of real-time three dimensional transesophageal echocardiography and time in therapeutic range in patients with prosthetic valve thrombosis?. J Thromb Thrombolysis 46, 79–80 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11239-018-1655-9

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