Heparinless cardiopulmonary bypass with ancrod

Autor: Albert H. O-Yurvati, Glenn W. Laub, Lynn B. McGrath, Theodore J. Southgate
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 57:1656-1658
ISSN: 0003-4975
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(94)90148-1
Popis: A case is reported of a 22-year-old man with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis syndrome and a right atrial foreign body (Greenfield filter). Heparinless cardiopulmonary bypass for removal of the foreign body was conducted by pretreatment with ancrod, a rapid-acting antifibrinolytic of pit viper venom origin. Treatment protocol and a literature review are included in this article.
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