Coronary artery bypass graft surgery in a patient with haemoglobin SC disease.

Marchant, W A; Wright, S; Porter, J B · Anaesthesia · 2001

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Patients with sickle cell disease who undergo surgery are generally considered to be at greater risk of peri-operative complications than otherwise healthy patients. We report a case of a woman with haemoglobin SC disease undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. She was successfully managed with pre-operative exchange transfusion and normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass.

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