Aortic valve replacement to a patient with high titer of cold agglutinin

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 259-261

  Kansaku, Rei ^a,b   Kuwaki, Kenji ^a   Amano, Atsushi ^a   Inaba, Hirotaka ^a   Tambara, Keiichi ^a   Yamamoto, Taira ^a   Sakakibara, Naoki ^a,b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b 2 24 18 Higashikoiwa   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Ascending aorta; Cardioplegia; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Cold agglutinin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLD AGGLUTININ; CRYOGLOBULIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HEART ARREST; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPREGULATION;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CRYOGLOBULINS; HEART ARREST, INDUCED; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84865817094     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: 21861005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5761/atcs.cr.11.01753     Document Type: Article

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