title: Bloodless surgery of acute type A aortic dissection in a Jehovah's Witness patient.
abstract: We report successful surgery for acute type A aortic dissection in a Jehovah's Witness patient without the use of any transfusion of allogeneic blood or blood products. We combined the normothermic cross-clamping technique with a blood conservation strategy.
authors.affiliation: Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany. pasic@dhzb.de
authors.forename: Miralem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pasic
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ruisz
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koster
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hetzer
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D033221:Jehovah's Witnesses; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome