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Fig. 2 | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Fig. 2

From: Intraoperative collection of autologous platelet-rich plasma from the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit upon initiation of extracorporeal circulation

Fig. 2

The process of autologous platelet-rich plasma collection. a: Haemonetics Component Collection System® (Haemonetics, Braintree, MA, USA) is connected to the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit. b: Platelets separation started upon initiation of cardiopulmonary bypass. c: Autologous platelet-rich plasma is returned to the patient intravenously after discontinuation of cardiopulmonary bypass and administration of protamine

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