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The role of epsilon-aminocaproic acid in reducing bleeding after cardiac operation: a double-blind randomized study
T J Vander Salm1, J E Ansell, O N Okike
1Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655.
Sixty patients scheduled for elective coronary artery bypass graft operations were randomly assigned to receive epsilon-aminocaproic acid or placebo to test whether antifibrinolytic therapy would decrease postoperative bleeding. A small but significant decrease in bleeding was observed in the treated group without complications resulting from treatment with epsilon-aminocaproic acid.
Sixty patients scheduled for elective coronary artery bypass graft operations were randomly assigned to receive epsilon-aminocaproic acid or placebo to test whether antifibrinolytic therapy would decrease postoperative bleeding. A small but significant decrease in bleeding was observed in the treated group without complications resulting from treatment with epsilon-aminocaproic acid.