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How Important Impact of Low Level of Hematocrit Can Be on Outcome in Patients Undergoing Off Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery?

Slavenka Straus, Ilirijana Haxhibeqiri Karabdic, Sanja Grabovica, Amel Hadzimehmedagic, Muhamed Djedovic, Edin Kabil, Tarik Selimovic, Nermir Granov.




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Objective: The present study was conducted aiming to determine the influence of lower preoperative hematocrit values on the early postoperative recovery of patients undergoing elective off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCABG). Methods: Our retrospective study included 150 patients who underwent elective OPCABG surgery from September 2021 to December 2022 at the Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery University of Sarajevo. Patients were divided into two groups, anemic and non-anemic, with anemia defined as hemoglobin level

Key words: off pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery, anemia, early postoperative recovery.






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