Pro: The Hepcon HMS Should Be Used Instead of Traditional Activated Clotting Time (ACT) to Dose Heparin and Protamine for Cardiac Surgery Requiring Cardiopulmonary Bypass

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2016 Dec;30(6):1727-1729. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2016.07.001. Epub 2016 Jul 2.

Authors

Kelly Ural¹, Christopher Owen²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA. Electronic address: kural@ochsner.org.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA.

PMID: 27641953
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2016.07.001

No abstract available

Keywords: ACT; Hepcon; cardiopulmonary bypass; heparin; protamine.

MeSH terms

Anticoagulants
Blood Coagulation Tests
Cardiopulmonary Bypass*
Heparin*
Humans
Plant Preparations
Protamines
Whole Blood Coagulation Time

Substances

Anticoagulants
Hepcon
Plant Preparations
Protamines
Heparin