Clinical significance of coagulation studies in predicting response to activated recombinant Factor VII in cardiac surgery patients

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 397-400

  Lee, Alfred Ian ^a   Campigotto, Federico ^b   Rawn, James D ^c   Neuberg, Donna ^b,d   Kaufman, Richard M ^c   Berliner, Nancy ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding disorders; Cardiology; Coagulation; Factor VII; Transfusion medicine

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; PROTHROMBIN; RECOMBINANT BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7A; THROMBOPLASTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA BALLOON; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LETTER; MALE; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COAGULANTS; FACTOR VIIA; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROGNOSIS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859512152     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08992.x     Document Type: Letter

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