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| Year : 1979 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 70-74 |
Heparin rebound : A cause of bleeding following open heart surgery
SV Purandare, GB Parulkar, SR Panday, S Bhattacharya, Menna M Bhatt
Department of Cardio-vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Seth G. S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay-400 012, India
Correspondence Address:
S V Purandare
Department of Cardio-vascular and Thoracic Surgery, Seth G. S. Medical College and K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay-400 012
India
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PMID: 501673 
Fifty patients undergoing open-heart surgery were studied. Twelve patients showed heparin rebound phenomenon in the postperfusion period and was one of the important factors responsible for bleeding after open-heart surgery. The clotting time came back to normal in all the cases after administration of extra protamine.
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