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Fibrin glue in coronary artery bypass grafting operations: casting out the Devil with Beelzebub?
Author(s) -
Peter Lamm,
K. Adelhard,
Gerd Juchem,
Rolf Weitkunat,
Stefan Milz,
Erich Kilger,
Alwin Götz,
Bruno Reichart
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.07.020
Subject(s) - medicine , fibrin glue , surgery , artery , odds ratio , cardiopulmonary bypass , retrospective cohort study , cardiology
Fibrin sealants are frequently used in aortocoronary bypass operations. Although they are considered to be clinically safe, we performed a retrospective analysis of our data to examine the possible side effects of Tissucol fibrin sealant, namely the acute thrombosis of grafts and native coronary arteries resulting in severe myocardial damage and patient deaths.

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