Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska

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4/2010 vol. 7

Intraoperative conversion of coronary bypass grafting from cardio-pulmonary bypass to off-pump procedure forced by antithrombin III deficiency – a case report

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2010; 7 (4): 427–430
Online publish date: 2011/01/03
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The essential condition of safe application of cardio-pulmonary bypass (CPB) is to obtain a proper level of heparinization in the operated patient, measured by activated clotting time (ACT). The present paper is a case report of forced intraoperative change of technique of surgical myocardial revascularization in a 78-year-old woman caused by antithrombin III deficiency.
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