Aprotinin in cardiac surgery – re-evaluation of the risks?
Authors:
T. Vaněk; J. Hlavička; P. Budera
Authors‘ workplace:
Kardiochirurgická klinika 3. LF UK, Praha
Published in:
Anest. intenziv. Med., 27, 2016, č. 5, s. 284-288
Category:
Anaesthesiology - Special Article
Overview
The article describes the history of introducing aprotinin into cardio-surgical clinical practice and deals with the circumstances based on the results of the BART study leading to its withdrawal from the global pharmaceutical market and with its recent re-authorization in some countries.
KEYWORDS:
cardiac surgery – fibrinolysis – fibrinolytic inhibitors – aprotinin
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