title: Successful reoperation for ascending aorta and arch aneurysm in a Jehovah's Witness.
abstract: A young woman of the Jehovah's Witness faith presented with a rupturing aneurysm of the ascending aorta and transverse aortic arch. She had Marfan syndrome and previous aortic valve replacement. Despite reoperation conditions, successful operation via median sternotomy was carried out using deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Coselli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Büket
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Van Cleve
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D002835:Christianity; D005260:Female; D006324:Heart Arrest, Induced; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D012086:Reoperation; D016896:Treatment Outcome