We sought a comprehensive account of heart failure events and their cumulative economic burden by examining patient characteristics that predict increased cost or poor outcomes.
The introduction of pre-storage leukoreduction in the preparation of standard RBCs intended for transfusion provided significant improvement in the quality of labile products and their post transfusion viability and effects, although the literature data are controversial.
Mild to moderate atheromatous disease in the ascending aorta is associated with an increased risk of ischemic brain infarcts after cardiac surgery, according to a report published in the September issue of Stroke.