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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;127:1226-1227
© 2004 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the editor

Intraoperative hematocrit and cardiopulmonary bypass

Jeffrey H. Shuhaiber, MD

Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Ill, USA

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To the Editor:

I read with interest the article by Habib and associates1 in the June issue of the Journal concerning the role of the lowest hematocrit as the predictor variable on early and late postoperative outcomes. It is important to maintain the hematocrit within the normal range and avoid extremes. The mere effect of such a strong association begs for a prospective randomized study, as stated by the authors. However, their discussion and conclusion based on the large number of retrospective patients are incomplete. In the field of cardiovascular epidemiology, anemia occurs in 15% to 55% of patients with chronic heart failure.2 However, it is unknown whether a strong association of anemia and heart . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Robert H. Habib, Anoar Zacharias, Thomas A. Schwann, Christopher J. Riordan, Samuel J. Durham, and Aamir Shah
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2004 127: 1227-1228. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]



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