ε-aminocaproic acid and clinical value in cardiac anesthesia

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-19

  Raghunathan, Karthik ^a   Connelly, Neil Roy ^a   Kanter, Gary J ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mercy Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

aminocaproic acid; antifibrinolytics; blood conservation; cardiac anesthesia; cardiac surgery; clinical value; tranexamic acid

Indexed keywords

AMINOCAPROIC ACID; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CONSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

6-AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ALGORITHMS; ANESTHESIA; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; APROTININ; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRANEXAMIC ACID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79251551708     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2010.07.024     Document Type: Article

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