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Heart patients with two or more blocked arteries live longer if they have bypass surgery than if they have their arteries cleared out with angioplasty and propped open with wire-mesh devices called stents, a major study reports Thursday.
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Harms Associated with Single Unit Perioperative Transfusion: Retrospective Population Based Analysis
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Patients undergoing CPB surgery showed mild systemic inflammation and kidney injury. However, the plasma components did not stimulate endothelial inflammation and adhesion molecule expression in vitro.
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