Transfusion and outcome in heart surgery. [Editorial]
The Editorial by Bruce Spiess enthusiastically supports the work of Engoren et al. on the effects of blood transfusions on long-term survival after coronary artery bypass surgery while recognizing that […]
Effect of blood transfusion on long-term survival after cardiac operation.
The authors studied a database of 1,915 patients who underwent isolated first time myocardial revascularization between 1994 and 1997 and found that blood transfusions during or after coronary artery bypass […]
Mechanical methods of reducing blood transfusion in cardiac surgery: randomised controlled trial.
This study assesses the effectiveness of intraoperative cell salvage with or without normovolemic hemodilution in patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass surgery. The results are not particularly new and the […]