BACKGROUND: A minority of patients having cardiac procedures (15% to 20%) consume
more than 80% of the blood products transfused at operation. Blood must be viewed as a …

Objectives: Cardiac surgery, including coronary artery bypass, cardiac valve, and aortic
procedures, is among the most common surgical procedures performed in the United States …

Whenever possible, the recommendations listed in this document are evidence based.
Articles reviewed in this guideline revision covered evidence from the past 10 years through …

BACKGROUND: Early identification of patients with increased risk of excessive bleeding
and transfusion after cardiac surgery offers the possibility to initiate countermeasures …

Objective: We have developed a risk stratification score to identify cardiac surgical patients
at higher risk of severe postoperative bleeding to aid a decision of whether to use a specific …

Objective: Perioperative transfusion has adverse effects in adults undergoing cardiac
surgery. We sought to investigate whether greater use of blood and blood products might be …

Background Despite the widespread use of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI),
the role of sex on outcome after TAVI or surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) has been …

In cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), excessive blood loss requiring the
transfusion of multiple red blood cell (RBC) units is a common complication that is …

Background Fish oil is among the most common natural supplements for treatment of
hypertriglyceridemia or prevention of cardiovascular disease. However, concerns about …

In addition to its life-saving effect in hemorrhagic shock, transfusion of allogenic packed red
blood cells can be beneficial in situations where a critically low hematocrit is contributing to …