Coronary artery bypass graft surgery in a patient with haemoglobin SC disease.
Patients with sickle cell disease who undergo surgery are generally considered to be at greater risk of peri-operative complications than otherwise healthy patients. We report a case of a woman with haemoglobin SC disease undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. She was successfully managed with pre-operative exchange transfusion and normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass.
Marchant
W A
WA
The Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London W1N 8AA, UK.
Wright
S
S
Porter
J B
JB
D000368:Aged; D001831:Body Temperature; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005078:Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood; D005260:Female; D006450:Hemoglobin SC Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods