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Staged open surgery for bicuspid aortic valve regurgitation and coarctation of the aorta in a Jehovah’s witness

BACKGROUND: Jehovah’s Witnesses refuse allogeneic blood transfusions, which makes cardiovascular surgery challenging. Surgeons must minimize blood and fluid loss within one procedure. CASE PRESENTATION: We herein describe a 17-year-old male Jehovah’s Witness with bicuspid aortic valve regurgitation...

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Autores principales: Sumi, Kohei, Yoshida, Shigehiko, Okamura, Yoshitaka, Nakamura, Tomokazu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7216518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32393237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-020-01507-z