Impact of Hematologic Malignancies on Outcome of Cardiac Surgery

BackgroundPrevious studies suggest that patients with prior or current hematologic malignancy are at increased risk of intraoperative and postoperative complications when undergoing cardiac surgery. The aim of this review was to compare clinical outcomes of patients with a history of hematologic malignancy to those of similar patients with no known blood dyscrasia.MethodsFrom January 1993 to June 2017, 37,839 patients underwent elective cardiac...