A prospective, controlled study on the utility of rotational thromboelastometry in surgery for acute type A aortic dissection
Mårten Larsson MD1, Igor Zindovic, MD PhD1, Johan Sjögren MD PhD1, Peter J Svensson MD PhD2, Karin Strandberg MD PhD3, Shahab Nozohoor MD PhD1
1Lund University, Skåne University Hospital, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lund, Sweden; 2Department of Coagulation Disorders, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden;3Department of Clinical Chemistry, Malmö, Sweden
Corresponding author: Mårten Larsson, MD
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Skåne University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden
Phone: +46 46-171000; E-mail: marten.larsson@med.lu.se
Funding: This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
Conflict of interest: None to declare
Data availability: Not possible due to ethics approval
This study was approved by the Ethics Committee for Clinical Research at Lund University, Sweden (ref. 2015/197)
Patient consent: Before inclusion a consent was gathered from the patient or the next of kin (oral and/or written)