Kristina Kadantseva

Clinical significance of silent strokes in carotid artery surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Perioperative silent strokes are common in carotid artery surgery and detected only with magnetic resonance imaging. Clinical significance of these strokes is poorly understood, and available data are conflicting. Objective. To evaluate clinical consequences of perioperative sile...

Safety and Efficacy of Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution in Female Patients

Importance Female patients undergoing cardiac surgery have a higher transfusion burden, yet they remain underrepresented in randomized clinical trials. Although the ANH trial showed no significant reduction in the proportion of patients receiving allogeneic blood transfusions wit...