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Redo heart transplant without allogeneic blood transfusion
Quynh Nguyen1, Vinod Manikala2,3, Danika Vautour3,4
1Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
|January 2, 2023
Abstract:
Allogeneic blood transfusion in cardiac surgery is associated with increased morbidity, mortality, and health care costs. We report a successful case of third-time redo sternotomy second-time redo heart transplantation without allogeneic blood transfusion owing to the multiple blood conservation strategies used throughout the perioperative period.
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