Heparin-like effect contributes to the coagulopathy in patients with acute liver failure undergoing liver transplantation

Liver International

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 754-759

  Senzolo, Marco ^a   Agarwal, Seema ^b   Zappoli, Paola ^c   Vibhakorn, Sushang ^c   Mallett, Susan ^b   Burroughs, Andrew K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c The Royal Free Sheila Sherlock Liver Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Coagulation; Heparin like effect; Liver transplantation; Thromboelastography

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN LYASE; HEPARINOID; THROMBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEPARIN LIKE EFFECT; HUMAN; INCISION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BLOOD COAGULATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEPARIN LYASE; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBELASTOGRAPHY; THROMBIN;

EID: 64749089577     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2009.01977.x     Document Type: Article

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