The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 703-711, September 2009

Hetastarch increases the risk of bleeding complications in patients after off-pump coronary bypass surgery: A randomized clinical trial

  • Marketa Hecht-Dolnik, MD

      Affiliations

    • Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Oakland, Calif
    • ,
  • Howard Barkan, DrPH

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Berkeley, Calif
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Howard Barkan, DrPH, University of California Berkeley Joint Medical Program, School of Public Health, 1411 Arch Street, Berkeley, CA 94708.
    • ,
  • Ananse Taharka, MD

      Affiliations

    • Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Oakland, Calif
    • ,
  • John Loftus, MD

      Affiliations

    • Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Oakland, Calif

Received 16 September 2008; received in revised form 30 December 2008; accepted 16 February 2009. published online 28 May 2009.

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 Operations performed at the Summit Medical Center, Oakland, Calif.

 Disclosures: This study was funded by the Kaiser Foundation Research Institute and the Department of Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Oakland, Calif. No financial interest or potential conflict of interest exists for any of the authors.

 This study has been registered with the Protocol Registration System at ClinicalTrials.gov. The ClinicalTrials.gov identifier is NCT00307138.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00367-5

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.02.035

Refers to erratum:

  • Notice of Correction

    The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery March 2010 (Vol. 139, Issue 3, Page 808)

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 703-711, September 2009

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