An effective treatment of severe intractable bleeding after valve repair by one single dose of activated recombinant factor VII.

Abstract

IMPLICATIONS:

The successful treatment with recombinant factor VIIa of a patient experiencing intractable bleeding after cardiac surgery is described.

• Authors: H G Hendriks, J M van der Maaten, J de Wolf, T W Waterbolk, M J Slooff, J van der Meer
• Journal: Anesthesia and analgesia (Anesth Analg) Vol. 93 Issue 2 Pg. 287-9, 2nd contents page (Aug 2001) ISSN: 0003-2999 [Print] United States
• PMID: 11473845 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Recombinant Proteins
• Factor VIIa

Topics

• Aged
• Factor VIIa (therapeutic use)
• Heart Valves (surgery)
• Humans
• Male
• Postoperative Hemorrhage (drug therapy)
• Recombinant Proteins (therapeutic use)