Blood Transfusion in AVR

[BSastry]

My husband's AVR surgery is on 10/22/04 at Emory hospital. The surgeon has told him that they might do a blood transfusion after the surgery. I am curious to know if there's anyone that needed blood transfusion during/after AVR.

-Bharathi.

 

[medtronic of borg]

10w-40

10w-40

Yep 1 unit on my AVR. Had him fill it up and change the filter while he was at it.
Med

 

[Creed3]

Yup!

Yup!

I had 2 units. The first one was my own that came from the surgery. The second was from the bloodbank.

Take Care!
Gail

 

[terryj]

I replied to you on another thread but not sure if you saw it. My husband had his surgery at Emory in Atlanta. He did not require a bllod transfusion but we were also told he could need one. If you don't mind me asking who is your husbands surgeon?

 

[tobagotwo]

I had a simple aortic valve replacement (Mosaic), without any aorta or root involvement, and not a Ross Procedure. That may have made my requirements different.

I asked if I should donate blood for myself before the surgery. My surgeon looked at me like I had lost my senses. He said, "What for? You won't need any blood." I wondered if there was a little pride in his statement, so I waited until later to ask his staff.

His people were also thrown off by the question, and assured me that they couldn't think of a time when one of their patients required blood during the operation. As he was doing over 1,000 heart operations a year, I guess they would know.

Best wishes,

 

[Ross]

I would say to plan on a unit or two, but alot of people do not require any as it is run through the bypass machine and filtered, then run back into the body. I needed whole plasma rather then whole blood on my last surgery, so yes, plan on a unit or two and if it's not needed, that's great.

 

[JAMES W]

Blood Letting

Blood Letting

Nothing during the AVR, but had two units of whole blood and two units of plasma during my pericardial bleed a week later. I lost about 1600 ccs that had to be drained off.

 

[Sherry]

I received one unit from the bloodbank.

 

[Bryan B]

I had a Ross Procedure...no blood transfusion needed, but they told me ahead of time that I might need one. They probably tell that to all patients going into surgery just so they will know it's a possibility. I was slightly anemic after surgery and had to take an iron supplement (ferrous sulfate) for 2-3 weeks post-op, so I guess I could have used a quart while they were under the hood.

 

[Karlynn]

I donated a pint of my own blood and my sister-in-law donated a pint of hers. They went ahead and put mine back in because I was a bit anemic, but I wasn't truly in need.