Tranexamic acid reduces postoperative bleeding in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-109

  Wei, Minxin ^a,b   Jian, Kaitao ^a   Guo, Zhigang ^a   Wang, Lianqun ^a   Jiang, Dazhong ^a   Zhang, Lianxiang ^a   Tarkka, Matti ^b  

^a TIANJIN CHEST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fibrinolysis; Off pump coronary artery bypass; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FIBRINOPEPTIDE A; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; CHEMOPREVENTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; FEMALE; FIBRIN FIBRINOGEN DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; FIBRINOPEPTIDE A; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PLATELET ADHESIVENESS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; TRANEXAMIC ACID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645869564     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: 16512006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14017430500519864     Document Type: Article

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