Minerva cardioangiologica
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Minerva cardioangiologica · Sep 1997
Efficacy of intraoperative blood salvage during coronary artery bypass grafting.
To analyze the usefulness of autologous blood salvage and intraoperative isovolemic hemodilution in conjunction with autologous blood salvage in cardiac surgery, and also to compare two different autologous blood salvage methods. ⋯ Intraoperative blood salvaging provides an immediate source of red blood cells and decreases the utilization of homologous blood. In addition, isovolemic hemodilution in conjunction with blood salvage further decreases homologous blood transfusion needs.