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

Anesth Analg. 2001 Aug;93(2):287-9, 2nd contents page. doi: 10.1097/00000539-200108000-00009.

Abstract

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

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

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

Substances

  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Factor VIIa