The use of autologous blood in patients with organ transplantations is feasible only when
the blood is stored in the frozen state, since the timing of the operation is not predictable. A …

Intraoperative hemodilution and retransfusion were used for blood replacement in 30
patients who underwent elective reconstruction of the abdominal aorta, thoracic aorta or …

Traditionally, blood rheology tests have been used in diagnosis and monitoring of infection,
rheumatic diseases and malignancy, and are still of clinical value in these conditions. In the …

Eighty-six patients who had undergone aortic valve surgery were reviewed. Forty-three had
received crystalloid cardioplegia, the other 43 blood cardioplegia. Spontaneous beating …

haematocrit after the insertion of Hufnagel ball-valves in the thoracic aorta of 9 patients with
aortic insufficiency. Stohlman et al.(1956) produced severe intravascular haemolysis in dogs …

• The effects of isovolemic hemodilution on cardiac output and oxygen transport in 11
patients during elective vascular surgery were evaluated. Mean hemoglobin level was …

Two groups of patients underwent aortic valve replacement. Fifteen patients received
moderate hemodilution (mean hematocrit, 27%) with 40% donor blood in the priming …

In the age of cellsavers patients suffering from coronary heart disease are diluted to a
hematocrit of 20% or even less during a surgical intervention in the coronaries and they …

The effects of hemoconcentration performed during and after extracorporeal circulation by
either centrifugation (cell separation group, n= 20) or hemofiltration (n= 20) were …

Studies were performed with radiochromium tagged erythrocytes in 31 patients to evaluate
24 hour old stored blood treated with heparin and with ACD. The regression curves were the …