Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
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Stojkovic B

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• Research Article
  Blood Loss and Intraoperative Salvage Procedure in Patients Underwent Coronary Artery Bypass Reoperative Surgery
  Author(s): Stojkovic B, Jovanovic T, Vukovic P, Calija B2, Milojevic P2, Maravic-Stojkovic V and Djukanovic BStojkovic B, Jovanovic T, Vukovic P, Calija B2, Milojevic P2, Maravic-Stojkovic V and Djukanovic B
  
  Preoperative patients` characteristics can predict the need for perioperative blood component transfusion in cardiac operations. Currently, a large number of patients are on antiplatelet therapy. A group of these patients require reoperative surgery (redo) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We aimed to compare blood loss in patients having CABG with patients undergoing reoperative CABG surgery. Fifty-four patients (16% female, 84% male; ages 60.5 ± 6 vs. 66.2 ± 7 years) were divided in: Group 1–CABG, and Group 2–redo CABG. Blood samples were collected: 24h prior, 6h and 24h after the operation. We measured hematological parameters and total amount of blood products substituted. Preoperative clopidogrel and aspirin therapy were not statistically significant (p=0.094), while platelet count (p=0.002) was significantly lower in Group 2. Although we have fo.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9880.1000243

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