Is tranexamic acid safe in patients undergoing coronary endarterectomy?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1508-1511

  Ruel, Marc A ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Bourke, Michael E ^a   Dupuis, Jean Yves ^a   Robblee, James A ^a   Keon, Wilbert J ^a   Rubens, Fraser D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SAFETY; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 0035015237     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02459-6     Document Type: Article

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