title: Successful pulmonary thromboendarterectomy in a patient with sickle cell disease treated with a single preoperative red blood cell exchange.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. mmarques@uab.edu.
authors.forename: Marisa B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.forename: Keith M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Wille
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Meeta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sheth
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: McGiffin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D004691:Endarterectomy / Q000379:methods; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion / Q000379:methods*; D005078:Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013510:Pulmonary Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome