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Aprotinin, cardiac surgery, and factor V Leiden.
Transfusion - 1 Jan 2000
Sweeney J D, Blair A J, Dupuis M P, King T C, Moulton A L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Aprotinin has been shown to reduce blood transfusion in cardiac surgery. Aprotinin inhibits activated protein C (APC). Patients with factor V (FV) Leiden have an inherited resistance to APC proteolysis. If the inhibition of APC by aprotinin contributes to its beneficial effect in cardiac surgery, then patients with FV Leiden undergoing cardiac surgery might be expected to require less transfusion than...
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