Red blood cell transfusion is a determinant of neurological complications after cardiac surgery

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 166-171

  Mariscalco, Giovanni ^a   Biancari, Fausto ^b   Juvonen, Tatu ^b   Zanobini, Marco ^c   Cottini, Marzia ^d   Banach, Maciej ^e   Murphy, Gavin J ^f   Beghi, Cesare ^d   Angelini, Gianni D ^g  

^a University of Varese   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Blood transfusion; Cardiac surgery; Coronary artery bypass; Mitral valve; Stroke; Transient ischaemic attack

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAAORTIC BALLOON PUMP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; EUROPE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROPENSITY SCORE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84922447974     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivu360     Document Type: Article

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