title: Posttransplant off-pump coronary bypass and laser revascularization in a Jehovah's Witness.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: The Cardiopulmonary Transplant Service, Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. igregoric@heart.thi.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Igor D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Gregoric
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Nolen
authors.forename: Jus
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ksela
authors.forename: Linda B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Chandler
authors.forename: Gregory N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Messner
authors.forename: Roberto D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Cervera
authors.forename: Frank W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Smart
authors.forename: Reynolds M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Delgado
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Frazier
mesh_terms: 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