Abstract:Introduction: In cardiac surgery, anaemia itself or combined with other risk factors has been found to be a major predictor for adverse outcome both preoperatively and postoperatively and even during extracorporeal circulation, but data about the specific tolerance of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) patients for anaemia are conflicting and may in part be confounded by the effects of bypass surgery.
Objectives: This study was performed in the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) to observe … Show more
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