Congenital Heart Disease
Research from University of Munchen, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery provides new data about congenital heart disease
Published in Blood Weekly, May 27th, 2010
Research findings, 'Predonation of autologous blood reduces perioperative allogenic transfusion requirement in grown-up patients with congenital heart disease,' are discussed in a new report. According to recent research published in the European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, "Adults with congenital heart diseases have a substantial risk for bleeding upon re-operations. Due to the detrimental effects of allogeneic blood transfusion, reduction of transfusion requirement is a major concern."
"To investigate the efficacy of autologous blood predonation (ABP), we focussed on a homogeneous subgroup of patients, with right ventricular outflow tract...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2010-05-27)
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