[HSF] Operating on Liver Cirrhotics

[Hgrmd at aol.com]

Dear Claudia and Others,
  I forgot to tell HSF that the patient I was concerned about last  weekend 
got operated last Tuesday.  The surgeon in my group initially tried  to do him 
off pump, but found that the LAD was too deeply buried to dig it out  without 
going on pump.  He used bivalrudin.  Though a bit bloody, the  patient did 
fine.
Hal



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