The use of autologous umbilical cord blood is feasible in neonatal open heart surgery. Complete surgical repair of complex critical CHD can be applied successfully to neonates within the first hours of life.
Despite the fact that the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve is shifted leftward in patients who receive autologous umbilical cord blood, tissue oxygen delivery appears to be preserved in neonates who undergo open-heart surgery using autologous umbilical cord blood.
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