Blood: a very special juice. The good and the evil

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2014 Jun;45(6):1058-9. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt595. Epub 2014 Jan 12.

Authors

Katharina Rose Luise Schmitt¹, Oliver Miera¹, Felix Berger²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
² Department of Congenital Heart Disease and Pediatric Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany [email protected].

PMID: 24420368
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezt595

No abstract available

Keywords: Blood; Mortality; Transfusion.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / mortality*
Erythrocyte Transfusion / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Male
Postoperative Complications / mortality*