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Marked systemic hypotension accompanied by pulmonary hypertension following protamine reversal of heparin: Case report

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  1. Takashi Horiguchi

    Present address: Department of Anesthesia, Akita Kumiai Hospital, 5-45 Chuo 4-chome, 011, Tsuchizakiminato, Akita, Japan

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Akita Medical Center, 1-1-1 Hondo, 010, Akita, Japan

    Keiji Enzan

  2. Department of Anesthesia, Yamamoto Kumiai Hospital, 016, Ochiai Noshiro, Japan

    Junichi Matsumoto

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, 010, Akita, Japan

    Mamoru Kadosaki & Masahiro Suzuki

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Horiguchi, T., Enzan, K., Matsumoto, J. et al. Marked systemic hypotension accompanied by pulmonary hypertension following protamine reversal of heparin: Case report. J Anesth 8, 503–505 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02514639

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