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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003;125:739
© 2003 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letters to the Editor

Preoperative platelet inhibition and bleeding after cardiopulmonary bypass

E. W. Muriithi, MDa, P. R. Belcher, MDb, V. C. Menys, PhDc

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, United Kingdoma
Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Glasgow, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdomb
Department of Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdomc

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Bizzari and associatesGo 1 studied clinical events and potential bleeding complications in a group of patients who had undergone emergency or urgent cardiac surgery after treatment with tirofiban hydrochloride. They observed that patients treated with tirobifan had a smaller decrease in platelet count during cardiopulmonary bypass; other platelet suppressants have similar . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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