title: Successful Intraoperative Reversal of Heparin With Factor VII in a Patient With Protamine Reaction.
abstract: Factor VII has been utilized to treat post-operative bleeding after cardiac surgery refractory to other intervention. We report the case of a patient who developed intractable bleeding after a severe protamine reaction following emergency repair of type A aortic dissection and was successfully treated with factor VII.
authors.affiliation: From the *Division of Cardiac Surgery, †Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, ‡Department of Oncology, §Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, ¶Department of Medical Imaging, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, and ∥Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, ON Canada.
authors.forename: Kuan-Chin Jean
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Darrin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lazo-Langner
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: Bob
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kiaii