The effect of retrograde autologous priming on intraoperative blood product transfusion in coronary artery bypass grafting.

The article presents a study that analyzes the effects of retrograde autologous priming (RAP) on the use of intraoperative packed red cell (PRC) or blood product transfusion. The study was conducted on patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for the first time. The results of the study show that the practise of RAP does not necessarily lessen RPG and other blood product transfusion requirements.