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Heart-Failing Jehovah's Witness Patient Successfully Treated by Minimally Invasive LVAD Implantation without Any Blood Transfusions

Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation without the use of any blood products is considered as a challenge. We present a 48-year-old patient (175 cm, 75 kg, body mass index 24.5 kg/m(2)) who was admitted to our clinic due to end-stage heart failure. The patient is a Jehovah's witness...

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Autores principales: Hanke, Jasmin S., Avsar, Murat, Haverich, Axel, Schmitto, Jan D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2015
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5223739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28078199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1564614

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