Blood Transfus Italy
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Blood Transfus Italy · Oct 2012
Multicenter Study Clinical TrialUse of blood products and risk of stroke after coronary artery bypass surgery.
The impact of blood transfusion on the development of post-operative stroke after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is not well established. We, therefore, investigated this issue. ⋯ Transfusion of blood products after CABG has a strong, dose-dependent association with the risk of stroke. The use of Octaplas and platelet transfusions seem to have an even larger impact on the development of stroke than red blood cell transfusions.