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Recombinant factor VIIa for intractable life-threatening bleeding in patients with circulatory assist devices

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  1. Division of Adult Intensive Care Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland

    Antoine G. Schneider & Philippe Eggimann

  2. Division of Pediatric Intensive Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland

    Marie-Hélène Perez & Jacques Cotting

  3. Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland

    Piergiorgio Tozzi & Ludwig Von Segesser

  4. Division of Hospital Pharmacy, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland

    Pierre Voirol

  5. Division of Anesthesiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland

    Patrick Schoettker

  6. Division and Central Laboratory of Hematology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland

    Anne Angelillo-Scherrer

  7. Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Antoine G. Schneider, Marie-Hélène Perez, Piergiorgio Tozzi, Pierre Voirol, Patrick Schoettker, Anne Angelillo-Scherrer, Jacques Cotting, Ludwig Von Segesser & Philippe Eggimann

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Schneider, A.G., Perez, MH., Tozzi, P. et al. Recombinant factor VIIa for intractable life-threatening bleeding in patients with circulatory assist devices. Intensive Care Med 36, 1620–1621 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-010-1937-y

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