Abstract

30 patients undergoing elective aortic surgery had intraoperative autologous blood transfusion, 15 with the Solcotrans device and 15 with the Haemonetics Cell Saver system. Markers of red cell damage and alteration of red cell parameters and biochemistry were studied. Using the St. Georges Filtrometer, the filterability of preoperative red cells was compared to that of red cells that had undergone salvage

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