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[New dosage of heparin during cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation]

J A Croston1

  • 1Servicio de Anestesia, Complejo Hospitalario Metropolitano, Dr. Arnulfo Arias Madrid de la Caja de Seguro Social.

We studied the effect of 4 mg/kg of heparine, measured with the activity cosgulation time (hemocron), in cardiac surgical patients operated with extracorporeal circulation. The basal TCA was 118 +/- 13 seg with this doses of heparine. The majority of the patients (83.33%) with 4 mg/kg of heparine had more than 450 seg in comparison with the number of patients (30%) who had more than 450 seg with 3 mg/kg of heparine.

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