The effect of low- dose tranexamic acid on postoperative blood loss in patients treated with clopidogrel and aspirin

• Main Authors: Nadia Banihashem (Author), Moghadam khorasani (Author), Hamidreza Vaffai (Author), Fereshteh Naziri (Author), Soraya Khafri (Author), Shahram Seyfi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Babol University of Medical Sciences, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Clopidogrel in combination with aspirin increases bleeding, allogeneic red cell transfusion and reoperation rates after CABG. Tranexamic acid, an antifibrinolytic agent, has been approved for use in cardiac surgery to reduce bleeding. In the present study, we evaluated the impact of tran...