Red blood cell transfusion is a determinant of neurological complications after cardiac surgery

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg

19 November Nov 2014 11 years ago
  • Mariscalco G, Biancari F, Juvonen T, Zanobini M, Cottini M, Banach M, Murphy GJ, Beghi C, Angelini GD
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of red blood cell (RBC) transfusions on the occurrence of stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA) after cardiac surgery.