Anest. intenziv. Med. 2016;27(5):284-288

Aprotinin in cardiac surgery - re-evaluation of the risks?Anaesthesiology - Special Article

T. Vaněk*, J. Hlavička, P. Budera
Kardiochirurgická klinika 3. LF UK, Praha

The article describes the history of introducing aprotinin into cardio-surgical clinical practice and deals with the circumstances based on the results of the BART study leading to its withdrawal from the global pharmaceutical market and with its recent re-authorization in some countries.

Keywords: cardiac surgery; fibrinolysis; fibrinolytic inhibitors; aprotinin

Received: May 24, 2016; Accepted: July 5, 2016; Published: October 1, 2016  Show citation

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Vaněk T, Hlavička J, Budera P. Aprotinin in cardiac surgery - re-evaluation of the risks? Anest. intenziv. Med. 2016;27(5):284-288.
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