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Association of preoperative anemia and blood transfusion with long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting

Maria Łuszczyn 1, 2, 3
,
Łukasz Moskal 1
,
Ryszard Stanislawski 1
,
Maciej Peksa 1
,
Marcin Nawotka 1
,
Siarhei Amelchanka 1
,
Tomasz Stankowski 4
,
Mirosław Brykczyński 1, 2
,
Romuald Cichon 1, 2
,
Sleiman Sebastian Aboul-Hassan 1, 2

  1. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Zbigniew Religa Heart Center “Medinet”, Nowa Sol, Poland

  2. Department of Cardiac Surgery and Interventional Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of Zielona Gora, Poland

  3. Doctoral School of Exact and Technical Sciences, University of Zielona Gora, Poland

  4. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Sana Heart Center Cottbus, Cottbus, Germany

Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2026; 23 (3): 203-212

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/kitp.2026.165448
Data publikacji online: 2026/10/12
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