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Impact of minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation on the need of red blood cell transfusion.

Sten EllamOtto PitkänenPasi LahtinenTadeusz MusialowiczMikko HippeläinenJuha HartikainenJari Halonen
Published in: Perfusion (2019)
Minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation reduced the need of red blood cell transfusions and hemoglobin drop when compared to the conventional extracorporeal circulation group. This may have implications when choosing the perfusion method in cardiac surgery.
Keyphrases
  • red blood cell
  • cardiac surgery
  • acute kidney injury
  • magnetic resonance imaging
  • computed tomography
  • sickle cell disease