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Thromboelastography, My Dear Doctor

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A 63-year-old man with a history of myocardial infarction and unstable angina is scheduled for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). A preoperative ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) anticoagulant sample is submitted to the blood bank for type and screen along with a request for crossmatch of four units of red blood cells (RBCs) in preparation for the surgery.

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  1. Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY, USA

    Mark T. Friedman & Jeffrey S. Jhang

  2. Department of Transfusion Medicine, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Kamille A. West

  3. Department of Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Peyman Bizargity

  4. Department of Pathology, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA

    Kyle Annen

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Friedman, M.T., West, K.A., Bizargity, P., Annen, K., Jhang, J.S. (2018). Thromboelastography, My Dear Doctor. In: Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90960-8_43

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