Natural history of hypercoagulability in patients undergoing coronary revascularization and effect of preoperative myocardial infarction
Edelman JJ, Reddel CJ, Kritharides L, Bannon PG, Fraser JF, Curnow JL, Vallely MP J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2014 Aug;148(2):536-43 PMID: 24280714 Abstract OBJECTIVES: The balance between hyper- and hypocoagulable states is critical after coronary artery surgery both with (coronary artery bypass grafting [CABG]) and without (off-pump coronary artery bypass [OPCAB]) cardiopulmonary bypass to prevent…