Iranian Heart Journal

Iranian Heart Journal

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

Authors
Vali Imantalab 1
Abbas Sedighinejad 1
Gholamreza Kanani 2
Ali Mohammad Sadeghi Meibodi 3
Ali Mirmansori 1
Mohammad Haghighi 4
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
Keywords
HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS
HEMATURIA
CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT SURGERY
Iranian Heart Journal
Volume 12, Issue 1
Winter 2011
Pages 63-66