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The changes of cardiac ejection fraction up to 72 h after transfusion in patients with chronic anaemia
Author(s) -
Ho C.H.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
transfusion medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1365-3148
pISSN - 0958-7578
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3148.2001.00303.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ejection fraction , ventricle , cardiac function curve , blood transfusion , cardiology , heart failure
. The objective was to assess the serial change of the cardiac function after blood transfusion in patients with chronic anaemia. According to a previous study, transfusion would adjust the ejection fraction to the advantage of cardiac function in chronic anaemia patients, and thus the serial change of the cardiac function in a certain period should be evaluated after transfusion in patients with chronic anaemia. In a prospective study, ejection fraction (EF) was determined before and ≤ 6 h, 24 h and 72 h after transfusion in 32 patients with chronic anaemia, and the results were compared and analysed. In the left ventricle (LV), the four EFs noted before and ≤ 6 h, 24 h and 72 h after transfusion did not significantly differ between one another. In the right ventricle (RV), the EF 72 h after transfusion significantly increased in comparison with the pretransfusion value ( P = 0·043). Transfusion of small amounts of RBC did not significantly change the LVEF up to 72 h in patients with transfusion‐dependent chronic anaemia; whether it might change the RVEF 72 h after transfusion deserves further investigation.