Preoperative clinical assessment of hemostatic function in patients scheduled for a cardiac operation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1918-1920

  Klopfenstein, Claude E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HEART SURGERY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030540973     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(96)00943-5     Document Type: Article

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