The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 694-702 , September 2009

Thromboelastometry-guided administration of fibrinogen concentrate for the treatment of excessive intraoperative bleeding in thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm surgery

  • Niels Rahe-Meyer, MD, MSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Niels Rahe-Meyer, MD, MSc, PhD, Hannover Medical School, Department of Anaesthesiology, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany.
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  • Cristina Solomon, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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  • Michael Winterhalter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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  • Siegfried Piepenbrock, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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  • Kenichi Tanaka, MD, MSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga
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  • Axel Haverich, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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  • Maximilian Pichlmaier, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Received 28 July 2008 ,Revised 28 October 2008 ,Accepted 22 November 2008.

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 Disclosures: N.R.-M. reports lecture fees from CSL Behring, Marburg, Germany. The study was funded by CSL Behring, manufacturer of the fibrinogen concentrate described in this article.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00350-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.11.065

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 694-702 , September 2009

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