EXPECTED HEMOGLOBIN DECREASE FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY

Authors
JAUCH W KURNIK PB HANLON SJ SIEGEL JE MATTHAI WH
Citation
W. Jauch et al., EXPECTED HEMOGLOBIN DECREASE FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY, The American journal of cardiology, 80(1), 1997, pp. 71
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
80
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)80:1<71:EHDFPT>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
To establish expected changes in hemoglobin during and after percutane ous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), we measured hemoglobin b efore, at the end of, and on the 2 mornings after PTCA in 177 consecut ive patients without obvious out-of-laboratory blood loss. From these data, we calculated confidence intervals that can be used to compare g roup data, possibly to identify excessive blood loss with new devices or antithrombotic agents, and prediction intervals to identify unexpec ted blood loss in an individual patient.