The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1561-1567, June 2010

The effectiveness of prestorage leukocyte-reduced red blood cell transfusion on perioperative inflammatory response with a miniaturized biocompatible bypass system

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan, and the Department of Public Health, University of Tokyo, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Received 25 May 2009; received in revised form 16 August 2009; accepted 3 October 2009. published online 28 December 2009.

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 Disclosures: None.

PII: S0022-5223(09)01344-0

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.10.016

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 139, Issue 6 , Pages 1561-1567, June 2010