Heart (British Cardiac Society)
Anaemia and blood transfusion in cardiac surgery with infective endocarditis.
Jennifer S Breel, Catilin Bozic, Tim Alberts, Magnus Strypet, Floor J Mansvelder, Patrick Schober, Otto Kamp, S Matthijs Boekholdt, Robert J M Klautz, Marcella C A Müller, Thomas W van der Vaart, Wilco Tanis, Michelle van der Stoel, Markus W Hollmann, Susanne Eberl
Published: 202610.1136/heartjnl-2025-326424
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Up to half of patients with infective endocarditis (IE) require cardiac surgery. Although anaemia is common, its precise prevalence, transfusion practices and impact on outcomes in surgically treated IE patients remain unclear. Therefore,…
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