Comprehensive Canadian Review of the Off-Label Use of Recombinant Activated Factor VII in Cardiac Surgery
Author(s) -
Keyvan Karkouti,
W. Scott Beattie,
Ramiro Arellano,
Tim Aye,
Jean S. Bussières,
Jeannie Callum,
Davy Cheng,
Lee Heinrich,
Blaine Kent,
Trevor W.R. Lee,
Charles MacAdams,
C. David Mazer,
Brian Muirhead,
Antoine Rochon,
Fraser D. Rubens,
Corey Sawchuk,
Shaohua Wang,
Terrence Waters,
Bill I. Wong,
Terrence M. Yau
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.108.764308
Subject(s) - medicine , quartile , surgery , blood transfusion , cohort , mortality rate , cardiac surgery , refractory (planetary science) , complication , confidence interval , physics , astrobiology
This observational study sought to identify the off-label use pattern of recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) in cardiac surgery and to identify predictors of its effectiveness and risk.
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