Preemptive use of bivalirudin for urgent on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with potential heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 299-303

  Dyke, Cornelius M ^a   Koster, Andreas ^b   Veale, James J ^b   Maier, George W ^b   McNiff, Thomas ^b   Levy, Jerrold H ^b  

^a Sanger Clinic   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; EPTIFIBATIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; HIRULOG;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG INFUSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MONITORING; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HIRUDINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 20544476499     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.08.037     Document Type: Article

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