Repeat cardiac surgery in a Jehovah's Witness patient with

Can J Cardiol · Nov 2011

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Repeat cardiac surgery in a Jehovah's Witness patient with thrombocytopenia.

Complex cardiac surgery in Jehovah's Witness patients can be challenging, especially if it is a reoperation and the patient has a preexisting bleeding disorder. We operated on a patient who was declined for percutaneous aortic valve replacement and who required repeat surgery for aortic valve repeat replacement and root repair. In addition to being of Jehovah's Witness faith, the patient had chronic thrombocytopenia. We describe our strategy in managing this situation.

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- Elsayed Elmistekawy, Harry Lapierre, Michael Bourke, Carole Dennie, Marino Labinaz, and Marc Ruel.
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
- Can J Cardiol. 2011 Nov 1;27(6):869.e7-8.
AbstractComplex cardiac surgery in Jehovah's Witness patients can be challenging, especially if it is a reoperation and the patient has a preexisting bleeding disorder. We operated on a patient who was declined for percutaneous aortic valve replacement and who required repeat surgery for aortic valve repeat replacement and root repair. In addition to being of Jehovah's Witness faith, the patient had chronic thrombocytopenia. We describe our strategy in managing this situation.Copyright © 2011 Canadian Cardiovascular Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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