An effective treatment of severe intractable bleeding after valve repair by one single dose of activated recombinant factor VII.
The successful treatment with recombinant factor VIIa of a patient experiencing intractable bleeding after cardiac surgery is described.
Hendriks
H G
HG
Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital, Hanzeplein 1, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands. h.g.d.hendriks@anest.azg.nl
van der Maaten
J M
JM
de Wolf
J
J
Waterbolk
T W
TW
Slooff
M J
MJ
van der Meer
J
J
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
D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015942:Factor VIIa