Does prophylactic tranexamic acid safely reduce bleeding without increasing thrombotic complications in patients undergoing cardiac surgery?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 489-494

  Thiagarajamurthy, Sundaramoorthi ^a   Levine, Adrian ^a   Dunning, Joel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary bypass; Evidence based medicine; Post operative complications; Review; Thoracic surgery; Tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; META ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4143129848     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icvts.2004.04.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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