Cardiac operation for a patient with autoimmune hemolytic anemia with warm-reactive antibodies.
We present a case of a patient with autoimmune hemolytic anemia with warm-reactive antibodies who underwent successful coronary artery bypass grafting. We discuss some of the important problematic issues related to perioperative management.
Onoe
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shiga Seijinbyo Medical Center, Japan. smiling_onoe@hotmail.com
Magara
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Yamamoto
Y
Y
D000744:Anemia, Hemolytic, Autoimmune / Q000150:complications*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged