An Integrated Approach to von Willebrand Disease and Surgical Myocardial Revascularization
Abstract Cardiac surgery in patients with preexisting bleeding disorders can be a challenge. Cardiopulmonary bypass can lead to bleeding disorders, above all in patients with coagulopathy. We report the case of a 42-year-old woman, with type I von Willebrand disease, who underwent off-pump coronary...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG
2015-09-01
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| Series: | The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports |
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| Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0035-1564065 |