Massive descending thoracic aneurysm in a Jehovah's witness: treatment by thromboexclusion.
The thromboexclusion technique was used to treat a massive thoracic aneurysm in a Jehovah's witness. Preoperative erythropoietin therapy was used. At operation a Hemashield graft was used to bypass the aneurysm before the mouth was stapled closed. The hemoglobin level fell from 13.5 to 10.6 g/dL.
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Oxford Heart Centre, England.
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Westaby
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Lamont
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Grebenik
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002835:Christianity; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013528:Surgical Staplers
D004921:Erythropoietin