Does tranexamic acid reduce blood loss in off-pump coronary artery bypass?

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 285-289

  Mehr Aein, Aflatoon ^b,c   Sadeghi, Mostafa ^b   Madani Civi, Manouchehr ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; D DIMER; HEPARIN; PROTAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG INFUSION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 34548477412     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230701500404     Document Type: Article

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