title: Monitoring hirudin anticoagulation in two patients undergoing cardiac surgery with a plasma-modified act method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
authors.forename: Susan B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: B Mathew
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Kattapurum
authors.forename: Rao
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saleem
authors.forename: Heinrich J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Joist
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Avidan
authors.forename: George J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Despotis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion; D005260:Female; D006493:Heparin / Q000009:adverse effects; D024764:Hirudin Therapy; D006629:Hirudins / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000139:chemically induced
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D006629:Hirudins; D006493:Heparin