Posttransplant off-pump coronary bypass and laser revascularization in a Jehovah's Witness.
A 57-year-old man, who had received a heart transplant 14 years earlier, underwent coronary artery bypass grafting and transmyocardial laser revascularization for left main, left anterior descending, and circumflex coronary artery disease. The procedures were performed through a left thoracotomy incision without cardiopulmonary bypass. Because the patient was of the Jehovah's Witness faith, no blood or blood products were transfused.
Gregoric
Igor D
ID
The Cardiopulmonary Transplant Service, Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. igregoric@heart.thi.tmc.edu
Nolen
Michael T
MT
Ksela
Jus
J
Chandler
Linda B
LB
Messner
Gregory N
GN
Cervera
Roberto D
RD
Smart
Frank W
FW
Delgado
Reynolds M
RM
Frazier
O H
OH
D000328:Adult; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000601:surgery; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000379:methods*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male