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Heart valve surgery in patients with homozygous sickle cell disease: A management strategy

BACKGROUND: Patients with the homozygous sickle cell disease have increased perioperative mortality. Some indications like heart valve surgery, may justify an exchange blood transfusion to reduce the proportion of hemoglobin S (HbS) and complications. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: We report two female cases...

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Autores principales: Moutaouekkil, El Mehdi, Najib, Abdelmalek, Ajaja, Rida, Arji, Moha, Slaoui, Anas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4881695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26139741
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-9784.159806