Clinical Relevance and Practical Value of Platelet Function Assessment Using Multiple Electrode Aggregometry during Extracorporeal Circulation

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015; 63(04): 351-352
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1547350

Letter to the Editor

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Autor*innen

Mate Petricevic

¹Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Bojan Biocina

¹Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Marko Boban

²Department of Cardiology, University Hospital “Thalassotherapia Opatija,” Medical School University of Osijek and Rijeka, Osijek, Croatia
Martina Zrno

¹Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Alexandra White

¹Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Cecilija Rotim

³University Clinical Hospital Center “Sestre Milosrdnice,” Zagreb, Croatia
Ante Subasic

³University Clinical Hospital Center “Sestre Milosrdnice,” Zagreb, Croatia
Davor Milicic

⁴Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

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