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Autoantibody production after cardiopulmonary bypass with special reference to postpericardiotomy syndrome
S A Webber1, N J Wilson, M Y Fung
1Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
The Journal of Pediatrics
|November 1, 1992
Abstract:
A prospective study of children undergoing open heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass showed that many of them produced autoantibodies. No association was found between these antibodies, including anticardiolipin antibodies, and the occurrence of postpericardiotomy syndrome.