title: An effective treatment of severe intractable bleeding after valve repair by one single dose of activated recombinant factor VII.
abstract: The successful treatment with recombinant factor VIIa of a patient experiencing intractable bleeding after cardiac surgery is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital, Hanzeplein 1, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. h.g.d.hendriks@anest.azg.nl
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Hendriks
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: van der Maaten
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Wolf
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Waterbolk
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Slooff
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van der Meer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015942:Factor VIIa / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015942:Factor VIIa