Influence of factor XIII activity on post-operative transfusion in congenital cardiac surgery-A retrospective analysis.

Influence of factor XIII activity on post-operative transfusion in congenital cardiac surgery-A retrospective analysis.

OBJECTIVES:Coagulation factor XIII (FXIII) plays a key role in fibrin clot stabilization-an essential process for wound healing following cardiothoracic surgery. However, FXIII deficiency as a risk for post-operative bleeding in pediatric cardiac surgery involving cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) for co...

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Main Authors: Fabian B Fahlbusch, Thomas Heinlein, Manfred Rauh, Sven Dittrich, Robert Cesnjevar, Julia Moosmann, Jennifer Nadal, Matthias Schmid, Frank Muench, Michael Schroth, Wolfgang Rascher, Hans-Georg Topf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6038983?pdf=render

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