Anemia linked to higher female mortality during heart surgery
April 15, 2024
April 15, 2024
ITHACA, New York, April 15 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
Women are at higher risk of death when undergoing heart bypass surgery than men, and researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have determined that this disparity is mediated, to a large extent, by intraoperative anemia - the loss of red blood cells during surgery.
The study, published March 5 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, suggests that strategies for minimizing anemia that . . .
Women are at higher risk of death when undergoing heart bypass surgery than men, and researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have determined that this disparity is mediated, to a large extent, by intraoperative anemia - the loss of red blood cells during surgery.
The study, published March 5 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, suggests that strategies for minimizing anemia that . . .