[Characteristic features of allogenic transfusions in elderly patients with ischemic heart disease in operations under conditions of extracorporeal circulation and using cell saver].

It was shown that in spite of using different methods of saving the autologous patient's blood, cell saver included, in elderly patients operated upon under conditions of extracorporeal circulation the frequency and volume of allogenic transfusions was higher as compared with the younger patients, in elderly women the allogenic transfusions being necessary more frequently.