Bloodless surgery of acute type A aortic dissection in a Jehovah's Witness patient.

Pasic, Miralem; Ruisz, Wolfgang; Koster, Andreas; Hetzer, Roland · Ann Thorac Surg · 2005

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report successful surgery for acute type A aortic dissection in a Jehovah's Witness patient without the use of any transfusion of allogeneic blood or blood products. We combined the normothermic cross-clamping technique with a blood conservation strategy.

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