Bentall Surgery in a Patient with Cold Agglutinin and Antiphospholipid Antibody: Double Trouble
Monish S Raut1, Gulshan Rohra1, Ganesh Shivnani1
1Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
The Journal of Extra-Corporeal Technology
|September 1, 2016
Abstract:
Cold agglutinin disease is an uncommon disease with potential to cause hemolysis and thrombosis during hypothermic cardiac surgery. Antiphospholipid syndrome is also rare disease with hypercoagulation tendacy. Perioperative management of both these diseases is challenging. We present successful perioperative management of high risk Bentall surgery in patient with both these dreadful diseases.


