Bivalirudin as an Alternative Anticoagulant for Cardiopulmonary Bypass During Adult Cardiac Surgery—A Change in Practice

The referral of patients for open heart surgery, presenting with a history of heparin hypersensitivity instigated a multidisciplinary effort to find an alternative anticoagulant to heparin. The various options mentioned in the literature call for changes in the routine practice of open heart surgery...

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Published in:J Extra Corpor Technol
Main Authors: Gatt, Peter, Galea, Samuel Anthony, Busuttil, Walter, Grima, Charles, Muscat, Jeffrey, Farrugia, Yvette
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society of ExtraCorporeal Technology 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5347219/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28298666
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