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Associations of preoperative stroke and tranexamic acid administration with convulsive seizures in valvular open-heart surgery

In cardiac surgery, use of the antifibrinolytic agent tranexamic acid (TXA) and acute perioperative stroke are both associated with convulsive seizures. We hypothesized that an older (preoperative) stroke increases the risk of TXA-associated seizures as well. To test this hypothesis, we retrospectiv...

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Autores principales: Hulde, Nikolai, Zittermann, Armin, Deutsch, Marcus-André, von Dossow, Vera, Gummert, Jan F., Koster, Andreas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Singapore 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8124038/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33822280
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00540-021-02924-w