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Keimyung Medical Journal 1998;17(3):383-388.
Antibody to Hepatitis C Virus in Open Heart Surgery Patients
개심술을 받은 환자에서 C형 간염 항체검사
유영선; 박승국; 안성훈; 최세영; 허정욱; 이광숙; 유영선
Abstract
To evaluate the prevalence of antibody to hepatitis G virus (anti-HCV) in patients with open heart surgery we did a prospective study of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) before operation and one; three and six months after operation and of anti-HCV one and six months after operation in 61 patients who had taken openrheart surgery. No significant change was noted in liver function test before and after operation. One (1.6%) of 61 patients was anti-HCV positive after operation. Hepatitis C virus is the major cause of post-transfusion hepatitis in Korea and in the world. But the positive rate of anti-HCV was very low in our study. It is uncertain whether the cause is due to false negativity; failure of detection of anti-HCV or low positivity of anti-HCV of dornated blood.
Key Words: Open-heart surgery, Anti-HCV
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