Predicting bloodless aortic aneurysm repair: A simple point system

Gift Owolabi, Kavya Rajesh, Yanling Zhao, Paul Kurlansky, Bessie Kachulis, Adham Elmously, Thomas FX O, Virendra I Patel, Hiroo Takayama, Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, Center for Innovation and Outcomes Research, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, Department of Anesthesiology, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York

Perfusion

Published online on December 23, 2025

Abstract

Perfusion, Ahead of Print.
IntroductionPatients who decline blood transfusion for religious or personal reasons present a unique challenge in cardiac surgery. We developed and validated a preoperative point-based tool to predict the likelihood of achieving transfusion-free success ...