Clopidogrel does not increase bleeding and allogenic blood transfusion in coronary artery surgery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 419-423

  Karabulut, Hasan ^a   Toraman, Fevzi ^a   Evrenkaya, Serdar ^a   Goksel, Onur ^b   Tarcan, Sumer ^a   Alhan, Cem ^a  

^a ACIBADEM HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Turkey   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Clopidogrel; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 1542509503     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2003.11.037     Document Type: Article

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