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Ann Thorac Surg 2001;71:1749
© 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Correspondence

Remaining procoagulant property of wound blood washed by a cell-saving device

^a Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Department of Cardiopulmonary Surgery, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan
^b Tokyo Medical and Dental University, School of Allied Health Sciences, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan

(Email: n-tabu.tsrg@tmd.ac.jp).

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To the Editor

We read with interest the article by Reents and associates [1] describing the questionable quality of the wound blood washed by a cell-saving device. It is now known that blood cells [2] as well as plasma components [3] are activated in the pericardial cavity. Reents and associates [1] demonstrated that washing of the wound blood spared activated leukocytes and failed to completely remove proinflammatory cytokines. Activated monocytes, in particular, have recently . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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