Treatment failure of low molecular weight heparin bridging therapy before a cardiac surgery intervention in a patient with atrial fibrillation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Patanè, Salvatore ^a   Marte, Filippo ^a   Risica, Giuseppe ^a   Giannetto, Laura ^a   La Rosa, Felice Carmelo ^a   La Rocca, Roberto ^a   Dattilo, Giuseppe ^a   Sturiale, Mauro ^b  

^a AUSL5 Messina ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ILIAC ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; LEG PARALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PARESIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 70949083405     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.04.021     Document Type: Article

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