Monday December 11, 2006
Expected drop in Hb after cardiac angiogram


Patients going for cardiac angiogram frequently requires blood transfusions either pre or post procedure. Particularly, patient who determined to need emergent CABG should have enough backup transfusion avaiable.

To keep yourself prepared, it would be nice to know that coronary angiography on average drop 1.8 g/dL of Hb per procedure.



References: Click to get abstract/article

1. Blood loss from coronary angiography increases transfusion requirements for coronary artery bypass graft surgery - The Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia , volume 14, issue 2, Pages 177-181 (April 2000)