title: Open heart operation in a patient with hereditary spherocytosis: a case report.
abstract: A 9-year-old girl who had ostium secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) and hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is described. The patient had a history of splenectomy for HS and underwent repair of the ASD under cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), however, no significant or persistent hemolysis was observed during and after CPB. Only 10 patients with HS who underwent cardiac operations using CPB have been reported. The case is presented due to its rarity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume 830-0011, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomoeda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hiratsuka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawara
mesh_terms: D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D010375:Pedigree; D013103:Spherocytosis, Hereditary / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins