Safety and efficacy of aprotinin and tranexamic acid in pulmonary endarterectomy surgery with hypothermia: Review of 200 patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1432-1436

  Berman, Marius ^a   Cardone, David ^a   Sharples, Linda ^b   Vuylsteke, Alain ^a   Klein, Andrew ^a   Gerrard, Caroline ^a   Dunning, John ^a   Tsui, Steven ^a   Jenkins, David ^a  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; TRANEXAMIC ACID; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEMOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDARTERECTOMY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMOFILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHERMIA; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY ARTERY; SEIZURES; SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; APROTININ; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; SEIZURES; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 78049239997     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.06.083     Document Type: Article

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