BACKGROUND: Blood platelets release a cocktail of growth factors when activated, some of which are thought to initiate and stimulate repair. EXPERIMENT […]
Here, we report our single-center experience with bivalirudin anticoagulation in "on-pump" and "off-pump" cardiac surgery in a large number of patients with and without heparin antibodies.
OBJECTIVE: Despite proven blood transfusion benefits, aprotinin may be underused in coronary artery bypass grafting. Reluctance to use aprotinin may stem from […]