Warm heart surgery in cold haemagglutinin disease.
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.
Donatelli
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Institute for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Disease, University of Milan, Scientific Institute H.S. Raffaele, Italy.
Mariani
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Triggiani
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Pocar
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Santoro
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Grossi
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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