title: Warm heart surgery in cold haemagglutinin disease.
abstract: Continuous warm retrograde blood cardioplegia and systemic normothermia are a promising method for heart surgery in patients with cold autoimmune disorders in order to avoid the adverse effects of both systemic and coronary hypothermia during cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary bypass. A 59-year-old white man with cold haemagglutinin disease who underwent coronary surgery using continuous retrograde normothermic blood cardioplegia and systemic normothermia is reported.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disease, University of Milan, Scientific Institute H.S. Raffaele, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Donatelli
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mariani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Triggiani
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pocar
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Santoro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grossi
mesh_terms: D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications*; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization / Q000379:methods*; D013696:Temperature