Apollo Hospitals, 
Visakhapatnam
India						                            
                            
						
 Research Article
												Unusual Life-Threatening Protamine Reaction in a Patient after off Pump CABG - A Case Report 						
Author(s): Sujit Kumar  Mohanty, Farooqi  A, Satpathy  SK, Rama Krishna  G, Trivedi  J, Mahapatra  RK, Ravi and NooruddinSujit Kumar  Mohanty, Farooqi  A, Satpathy  SK, Rama Krishna  G, Trivedi  J, Mahapatra  RK, Ravi and Nooruddin             
						
												
				 Immunologic reactions to protamine sulphate during cardiac surgery are very rare. The frequency and outcome of such adverse reaction is unclear. Clotting of distal anastomosis sites and proximal site (in aorta) is very rare. We report a case of unusual life-threatening reaction to protamine that occurred in a non-diabetic patient following the uneventful off pump coronary artery bypass grafting operation... Read More»
				  
												DOI:
												 10.4172/2329-9517.1000301 
																	  
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