How to prevent bleeding events in on- and off-pump coronary artery bypass patients exposed to clopidogrel preoperatively

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 457-458

  Petricevic, Mate ^a   Biocina, Bojan ^a   Konosic, Sanja ^a   Burcar, Ivan ^a  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; DESMOPRESSIN;

BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DRUG EXPOSURE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 84868191200     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: 1573742X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-012-0749-z     Document Type: Letter

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