The prothrombin complex concentrate costs more than plasma, but may pay dividends by way of fewer adverse events.

Key points Heart surgery requiring the heart-lung machine (cardiopulmonary bypass) saves lives but can cause brain and kidney problems in many ...

In patients experiencing excessive bleeding during cardiac surgery, a concentrated blood product containing proteins that ...

Researchers have discovered in a new study published in JAMA that prothrombin complex concentrate (PCC) has greater ...

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The institute is now working to eliminate such risks with a $4.9m multidisciplinary drug trial. The drug is used to cool ...

Canada's health-care system could stand to benefit from the political upheaval unleashed by U.S. President Donald Trump ...

Heart surgeon Marc Ruel changed his mind weeks before he was to start a job in San Francisco, citing President Donald Trump’s ...

Kevin Whitby was driving home from a regular gym session, listening to a radio interview on sudden cardiac death. Fifteen ...

A Sunderland dad died weeks after a hospital error meant he went a week without vital medication after undergoing heart ...