Objective To report long-term outcomes after deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA)
with or without perioperative blood or blood products. Methods All patients who underwent …

Objective To evaluate the effect of autologous whole blood (AWB) collection on
intraoperative/postoperative allogeneic blood transfusion rate in complex aortic surgery with …

OBJECTIVE: Massive perioperative blood product transfusion may be required with thoracic
aortic operations and is associated with poor outcomes. We analyzed independent …

Background Data on blood use in proximal aortic surgery is limited. This study sought to
establish quality benchmarks in the pattern of transfusion during elective aortic root …

Introduction: Ascending and aortic arch surgery is associated with higher levels of blood loss
and subsequent need for allogeneic blood transfusions. We hypothesized that aggressive …

Background Transfusion in acute aortic syndromes has been studied in a limited fashion.
We sought to describe contemporary transfusion practice for root replacement in acute …

The use of blood transfusion in cardiac surgery varies widely. The beneficial effects of blood
products are offset by an increase in morbidity and mortality. Despite multiple studies …

Objectives Proximal aortic surgery with hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA) commonly
involves perioperative transfusion of allogeneic blood products, including red blood cells …

Objectives The literature supports the assertion that patients undergoing cardiac surgery
who receive perioperative packed red blood cell (pRBC) transfusions have increased …

Objective: Recent Society of Thoracic Surgeons and Society of Cardiovascular
Anesthesiologists (STS/SCA) guidelines highlight the safety of blood conservation strategies …