Postoperative bleeding after coronary revascularization: Comparison between tranexamic acid and ε-aminocaproic acid;Sanguinamento postoperatorio nei pazienti sottoposti a rivascolarizzazione miocardica. Confronto fra acido tranexamico e acido ε-amino caproico

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 155-160

  Maineri, P ^a   Covaia, G ^a   Realini, M ^a   Caccia, G ^a   Ucussich, E ^a   Luraschi, M ^a   Crosta, A ^a   Foresti, B ^a   Chiaranda, M ^b  

^a Universita degli Studi dell'Insubria ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

aminocaproic acid; Antifibrinolytic agents; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Postoperative hemorrhage; Surgical procedures; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FIBRIN DEGRADATION PRODUCT; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BYPASS SURGERY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

6-AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 0033781264     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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