Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9184599 | Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 2005 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Antifibrinolytic agents play a prominent role in adult cardiac surgery. This article is a review of the modern published experience of antifibrinolytic agent use in adult cardiac surgery. The use of tranexamic acid, epsilon-aminocaproic acid, and aprotinin is examined during primary cardiac surgery, deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, reoperative cardiac surgery, and off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. In addition, the issues of vein graft patency and hypersensitivity reaction in the presence of antifibrinolytic agents are examined.
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Authors
Daniel L. MD, Vinod H. MD, John D. (FACS),