Mortalidad asociada con aprotinin durante 5 años después de la cirugía de injerto de derivación de la arteria

Dennis T Mangano1, Yinghui Miao, Alain Vuylsteke

  • 1Ischemia Research and Education Foundation, San Bruno, Calif 94066 , USA. dtb@iref.org

JAMA
|February 8, 2007
PubMed
Resumen

El uso de aprotinina en cirugía cardíaca aumenta el riesgo de mortalidad a largo plazo. Las alternativas más seguras como el ácido aminocaproico y el ácido tranexámico no muestran este mayor riesgo, por lo que son opciones preferibles para los pacientes.

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