Tranexamic acid and early saphenous vein graft patency in conventional coronary artery bypass graft surgery: A prospective randomized controlled clinical trial

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 309-314

  Karski, Jacek ^a,c   Djaiani, George ^a   Carroll, Jo ^a   Iwanochko, Mark ^a   Seneviratne, Priya ^a   Liu, Peter ^a   Kucharczyk, Walter ^b   Fedorko, Ludwik ^a   David, Tirone ^a   Cheng, Davy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 23044453721     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.11.015     Document Type: Article

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