A successful treatment of serous leakage from a polytetrafluoroethylene Blalock-Taussig shunt with intravenous fibrinogen administration [5]

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1230-1231

  Hiramatsu, Y ^a   Atsumi, N ^a   Sasaki, A ^a   Mitsui, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; CASE REPORT; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; POLITEF IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION;

EID: 0032971582     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(99)70274-6     Document Type: Letter

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