A New Hemostatic Agent: Initial Life-Saving Experience With Celox (Chitosan) in Cardiothoracic Surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Millner, Russell W J ^a   Lockhart, Alan S ^a   Bird, Helen ^a   Alexiou, Christos ^a  

^a BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; CELOX; CHITOSAN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PROTAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CRYOPRECIPITATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX SURGERY;

BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CHITOSAN; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 58249132314     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.09.046     Document Type: Article

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