Effect of low molecular weight heparin (Fragmin) on bleeding after cardiac surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 762-764

  Clark, Stephen C ^a   Vitale, Nicola ^a   Zacharias, Joseph ^a   Forty, Jonathan ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DALTEPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PROTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG EFFICACY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANTICOAGULANTS; DALTEPARIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0034027039     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01366-1     Document Type: Article

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