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Chapter 6 - Anticoagulation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2022

Florian Falter
Affiliation:
Royal Papworth Hospital, Cambridge
Albert C. Perrino, Jr
Affiliation:
Yale University Medical Center, Connecticut
Robert A. Baker
Affiliation:
Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide
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Anticoagulation is mandatory for any form of extra-corporeal circulation to prevent activation of the coagulation system through contact between blood and artificial surfaces and through blood stasis. The absence of sufficient anticoagulation is likely to result in clot formation within minutes of aortic cannulation and commencement of CPB, with detrimental consequences for the patient. This chapter briefly outlines the history of heparin before discussing its pharmacology, intraoperative hemostasis monitoring, the management of heparin resistance and Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) and the outlook for anticoagulation on CPB.

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