Transfusion Requirements in Younger Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Patients who refuse participation
• •2. Patients who are unable to receive or who refuse blood products
• •3. Patients who are involved in a preoperative autologous pre-donation program
• •4. Patients who are having a heart transplant or having surgery solely for an insertion of a ventricular assist device
• •5. Pregnancy or lactation (a negative pregnancy test must be obtained prior to randomization for women of childbearing potential)