Thromboelastograph guided management of a patient requiring abiomed biventricular support with consumptive coagulopathy

Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-29

  Gandhi, Darshit Atul ^a   Shrewsberry, Timothy ^a  

^a Firelands Regional Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiomed BVS 5000; Cardiac surgery; NovoSeven; Thromboelastograph; V curve; Ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

PROTAMINE; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIVENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 79952941741     PISSN: 00221058     EISSN: 29698960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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