Prediction and Prevention of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding after Cardiac Surgery: A Case Control Study

Affiliations

Mamatha Bhat: Division of Gastroenterology;, McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Martin Larocque: Division of Gastroenterology;, McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Marcos Amorim: Division of Gastroenterology;, McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Karl Herba: Division of Gastroenterology;, McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Myriam Martel: Division of Gastroenterology;, McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Benoît De Varennes: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery;, McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alan Barkun: Division of Gastroenterology;, McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Gastrointestinal (GI) complications of cardiovascular surgery, particularly bleeding, occur frequently.

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720