USE OF RETROGRADE COLD CRYSTALLOID CARDIOPLEGIA IN A PATIENT WITH UNEXPECTED COLD AGGLUTINATION

Authors
IZZAT MB RAJESH PB SMITH GH
Citation
Mb. Izzat et al., USE OF RETROGRADE COLD CRYSTALLOID CARDIOPLEGIA IN A PATIENT WITH UNEXPECTED COLD AGGLUTINATION, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 56(6), 1993, pp. 1395-1397
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
56
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1395 - 1397
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1993)56:6<1395:UORCCC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Undetected cold agglutinins were encountered in a patient undergoing c oronary artery bypass grafting using antegrade cold blood cardioplegia . Macroemboli were infused into the coronary arterial tree. These were flushed out by the use of retrograde cold crystalloid cardioplegia. A ctivated cold agglutinins may be hazardous in cold blood cardioplegia.