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Open heart surgery in presence of hereditary spherocytosis

A Dal1, R S Kumar

  • 1Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

A patient with ostium secundum atrial septal defect was operated upon despite having hereditary spherocytosis, without any hemolytic effects of cardiopulmonary bypass. A short bypass time is safe in presence of this congenital hemolytic anemia.

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