Clues of incomplete reversal of heparin in cardiac surgery.

Objectives: In our center, an unusual rate of patients had abnormalities of hemostasis in immediate postoperative period of cardiac surgery. Our objectives were to identify the cause of these sudden hemostasis abnormalities and to evaluate the performances of point of care coagulation testing.

Methods: In this prospective and descriptive study, we included 33 consecutive patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery for 1 month.