The effect of warm heart surgery on postoperative bleeding. Discussion

The effects of normothermic systemic perfusion (35 o to 37 o C;n=73) were compared with thos of moderately hypothermic systemic perfusion (25 o ti 29 o C;n=73) with respect to blood loss, transfusion requirements, and platelet levels in 146 patients undergoing isolated, primary coronary artery bypass grafting