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Aprotinin Safe in On-Pump but Not Off-Pump CABG
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Title Aprotinin Safe in On-Pump but Not Off-Pump CABG
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/570141?src=rss
Description The aprotinin saga continues, with a new study showing the drug to be safe in patients undergoing on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery but a risk for renal dysfunction during off-pump surgery. Medscape Medical News
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date Feb 14, 2008
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