Sickle-cell patients undergo cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery in our institution without perioperative exchange transfusion. We sought to determine whether this protocol increased mortality or important sickle-cell-related complications.
When off-pump coronary artery bypass is impossible and retrograde cardioplegia cannot be performed for a certain reason, this method may be set to one of the choices.
Aortic Stenosis Rheumatic heart disease and calcification deposits due to age (senile calcific aortic stenosis) are the most common pathologic conditions associated […]
