Bivalirudin and post-cardiotomy ECMO: A word of caution

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Ranucci, Marco ^a  

^a IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIRULOG; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HIRUDIN DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; LETTER; PHARMACODYNAMICS; POSTCARDIOTOMY EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; HIRUDINS; HUMANS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84860838551     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc11314     Document Type: Letter

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