METHOD FOR INHIBITING THROMBOSIS IN A PATIENT WHOSE BLOOD IS SUBJECTED TO EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION

摘要

This invention is a method for inhibiting thrombosis in a patient whose blood is subjected to extra-corporeal blood circulation which comprises contacting the extra-corporeal circulating blood with a Factor IXa compound in an amount effective to inhibit thrombosis in the patient. The patient may be subjected to extra-corporeal blood circulation during transplant surgery or cardiopulmonary bypass surgery or any surgery in which obligate clamping of a blood vessel is required. Further, a pharmaceutical composition includes an effective amount of a Factor IXa compound, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.