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Concentration-effect relationship for tranexamic acid inhibition of tissue plasminogen activator-induced fibrinolysis

Christoph Dibiasi1, Stefan Ulbing1, Dagmar Bancher-Todesca2

  • 1Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Digital Health and Patient Safety, Vienna, Austria.

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