Argatroban as an alternative anticoagulant for patients with heparin allergy during coronary bypass surgery

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 40-42

  Ohno, Hideaki ^a   Higashidate, Masafumi ^a   Yokosuka, Tatsuya ^a  

^a National Yokohoma Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant; Argatroban; Coronary artery surgery; Heparin allergy

Indexed keywords

ANCROD; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ARGATROBAN; CIMETIDINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; FENTANYL; HEPARIN; HEPARINOID; ISOSORBIDE 2 NITRATE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NICORANDIL; PREDNISOLONE; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; STEROID; VECURONIUM; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEPARIN; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; PIPECOLIC ACIDS;

EID: 0037361238     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003800300006     Document Type: Article

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