Act Guided Heparin Administration in Elective Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Results of A Pilot Study

Volume: 58, Issue: 6, Pages: e654 - e654
Published: Dec 1, 2019
Abstract
Introduction: Almost all vascular surgeons use a bolus of 5 000 IU of unfractionated heparin (UFH). However, its dose-response and elimination curves are non-linear, and display a high inter-patient variability. The activated clotting time (ACT) is an established method to measure the level of anticoagulation. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the rate of arterial thrombo-embolic complications (ATEC) and bleeding complications in...
Paper Details
Title
Act Guided Heparin Administration in Elective Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Results of A Pilot Study
Published Date
Dec 1, 2019
Volume
58
Issue
6
Pages
e654 - e654
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