It has been suggested that loss of erythrocytes after abdominal aortic grafting is influenced
by the type of synthetic graft used. A prospective randomized study was done to compare …

Hemolysis was assessed in 86 patients after mitral valve replacement. Twenty-four patients
had mitral valve replacement with a Björk-Shiley valve, 32 patients with a Starr-Edwards …

Two cases are described in which severe mechanical haemolytic anaemia developed
shortly after operation for repair of non-rheumatic mitral regurgitation. One patient had a" …

An understanding of the physiology involved in hemodilution aids the physician to
understand the adaptive response to blood loss. As the hematocrit and viscosity decrease …

A comparative study of the effects of plasma substitutes on apparent blood viscosity was
made at low and high shear rates. Red cells from normal donors were resuspended in their …

In terms of the safety achieved, we were probably justified in the use of almost extravagant
quantities of homologous whole blood in the initial years of open heart surgery. Our …

Twenty patients with a prosthetic valve (Ionescu-Shiley or Bjork-Shiley) in the aortic position
were studied for evidence of intravascular hemolysis. Serum lactic dehydrogenase and …

Immediate hemolysis induced by eight aortic and five mitral valve prostheses was measured
in in vitro steady-and pulsatile-flow systems. The mean index of hemolysis (IH) for the aortic …

Purpose: In an investigation of the effects of isovolemic hemodilution, 39 consecutive
patients undergoing elective infrarenal aortic operation had detailed measurements of renal …

Preoperative normovolaemic acute haemodilution (PNAH) is used to reduce major blood
loss during elective surgery. Considerable attention has been paid to colloid osmotic …