TY - JOUR
T1 - Heparinless cardiopulmonary bypass with ancrod
AU - O-Yurvati, Albert H.
AU - Laub, Glenn W.
AU - Southgate, Theodore J.
AU - McGrath, Lynn B.
PY - 1994/6
Y1 - 1994/6
N2 - A case is reported of a 22-year-old man with heparininduced 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.
AB - A case is reported of a 22-year-old man with heparininduced 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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U2 - 10.1016/0003-4975(94)90148-1
DO - 10.1016/0003-4975(94)90148-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 8010823
AN - SCOPUS:0028308226
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 57
SP - 1656
EP - 1658
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 6
ER -