Argatroban anticoagulation for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass in an infant with double outlet right ventricle and a history of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 299-302

  Ciccolo, Michael L ^a   Bernstein, Jonathan ^b   Collazos, Juan C ^a,c   Acherman, Ruben J ^a,c   Restrepo, Humberto ^a,c   Winters, James M ^d   Krueger, Justin ^d   Evans, William N ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Children's Ctr Cancer Blood Dis   (United States)

^c Childrens Heart Center Nevada   (United States)

^d Clinical Technician Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Argatroban; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Congenital heart disease; Heparin induced thrombocytopenia; Infants

Indexed keywords

ARGATROBAN; FIBRINOGEN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CRYOPRECIPITATE; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART SURGERY; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY TEST; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; SYSTEMIC PULMONARY SHUNT; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE OUTLET RIGHT VENTRICLE; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; PIPECOLIC ACIDS; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 48449090198     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2008.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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