REOPERATIVE HEMOGLOBINURIA IN A CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT CASE WITH HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS

Authors

1 Assistant professor of cardiac anesthesia, Guilan university of medical sciences HeshmatHeart hospital, Rasht, Iran.

2 Cardiac surgeon. Member of European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery and German Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery

3 Assistant professor of cardiac surgery. Guilan university of medical sciences Heshmat Heart hospital, Rasht, Iran.

4 .Assistant professor of anesthesia,Guilan university of medical sciences.Rasht, Iran

Abstract

We present a rare case of hereditary spherocytosis (HS) with intraoperative hemolysis. A 60-yearold man with coronary artery disease, HS, and a history of splenectomy for HS and underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass, during which he developed severe hematuria and hemolysis and his hemoglobin reached 5g/dL

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Iranian Heart Journal
Volume 12, Issue 1
March 2011
Pages 63-66

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