Blood consumption in total arterial coronary artery bypass grafting
Abstract Background Accumulating evidence consistently demonstrates that blood transfusion in cardiac surgery is related to decreased short- and long-term survival. We aimed to evaluate periprocedural blood loss and transfusion rates in elective, isolated total arterial coronary artery bypass grafti...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-020-1053-1 |