• Department of Extracorporeal Circulation, Fu Wai Hospital , Chinese Academy of Medical Science &;
  • Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100037, P. R. China. E-mail: changxin718@yahoo.com.cn;
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Hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs) is a kind of blood substitutes. It is a separated, ultra-purified, modified human or bovine hemoglobin in a balanced saline solution. After modification, it has longer half-time, less renal toxicity, and better delivery of O2 even at low temperature and pH. Its shelf life is long and it dose not require cross-matching. In the field of cardiac surgery, the use of HBOCs can reduce the amount of transfusion postoperatively, and can be used in cardiopulmonary bypass priming and myocardial protection.

Citation: CHANG Xin,LONG Cun. Application of Hemoglobin-based Oxygen Carriers in Cardiac Surgery. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2007, 14(6): 457-. doi: Copy