Affiliation:
1. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Almeida Memorial Hospital, Oita, Japan
Abstract
Abstract
Evans syndrome is a rare haematological disease that may cause several complications during heart surgery. Herein we documented heart valve surgery in a patient with Evans syndrome who was receiving monoclonal antibody therapy, and valve replacement was successfully performed via prophylactic measures against haemolysis.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine,Surgery
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