Fatal thrombotic event after infusion of recombinant activated factor VII after cardiac surgery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 220-221

  Pichon, N ^a   Bellec, F ^a   Sekkal, S ^a   Marsaud, J P ^a,b   Laskar, M ^a,b   Francois B ^a   Vignon, P ^a,b  

^a DUPUYTREN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA PROSTHESIS; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DEVICE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STROKE;

AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAROTID ARTERY THROMBOSIS; COAGULANTS; FACTOR VIIA; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; SHOCK, HEMORRHAGIC; STROKE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 46049097150     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.10.084     Document Type: Article

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