Thanks for your assistance. Dear E. Swedberg, thank you for your question. As you can see from the two responses your question has already received, directed donation of blood products can be done before cardiac surgery but needs to be closely coordinated with the surgeon, hospital, and local blood bank. To do this, you would have to contact your local blood bank to get started and check with your surgeon about how to coordinate this with the hospital where you will be having your surgery. I hope this information helps.
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