Open AccessRelative impact of red blood cell transfusion and anaemia on 5-year mortality in cardiac surgery
Author(s) -
Long Thanh Tran,
Guri Greiff,
Alexander Wahba,
Hilde Pleym,
Vibeke Videm
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1569-9293
pISSN - 1569-9285
DOI - 10.1093/icvts/ivaa266
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac surgery , blood transfusion , prospective cohort study , surgery
The aim was to compare the relative effects of red blood cell (RBC) transfusion and preoperative anaemia on 5-year mortality following open-heart cardiac surgery using structural equation modelling. We hypothesized that patient risk factors associated with RBC transfusion are of larger importance than transfusion itself.