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Successful Intraoperative Reversal of Heparin With Factor VII in a Patient With Protamine Reaction

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Factor VII has been utilized to treat post-operative bleeding after cardiac surgery refractory to other intervention. We report the case of a patient who developed intractable bleeding after a severe protamine reaction following emergency repair of type A aortic dissection and was successfully treated with factor VII.

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