Transfusion of red blood cells: The impact on short-term and long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting, a ten-year follow-up

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-42

  Van Straten, Albert H M ^a   Bekker, Margreet W A ^a   Soliman Hamad, Mohamed A ^a   Van Zundert, André A J ^a,b   Martens, Elisabeth J ^a,c   Schönberger, Jacques P A M ^a   De Wolf, Andre M ^d  

^a CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood cells; Coronary disease; Epidemiology; Revascularization; Survival

Indexed keywords

FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74849138408     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.214551     Document Type: Article

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