Promising utilization areas of therapeutic plasmapheresis in cardiovascular surgery practice

DURDU M. S., ÇAKICI M., Gumus F., ÇUBUKÇUOĞLU DENİZ G., CİVRİZ BOZDAĞ S., ÖZÇINAR E., ...More

TRANSFUSION AND APHERESIS SCIENCE, vol.57, no.6, pp.762-767, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 57 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.transci.2018.09.017
  • Journal Name: TRANSFUSION AND APHERESIS SCIENCE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.762-767
  • Keywords: Therapeutic plasma exchange, Sepsis, Heart failure, Rejection, Heart transplant, Apheresis, ANTIBODY-MEDIATED REJECTION, VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE, HEPATORENAL-SYNDROME, HUMORAL REJECTION, PLASMA-EXCHANGE, SEPTIC SHOCK, HEART, CIRRHOSIS, FAILURE, IMMUNOADSORPTION
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: Apheresis is performed for treatment of numerous diseases by removing auto-antibodies, antigen antibody complexes, allo-antibodies, paraproteins, non-Ig proteins, toxins, exogenous poisons. In current study, we present our experience of using therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in patients with different types of clinical scenarios.