title: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in Jehovah's Witness patients with symptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis.
abstract: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is currently reserved for high or prohibitive surgical-risk patients with aortic valve stenosis. We report on successful TAVI in two Jehovah's witness patients. It offers a simple and effective treatment of severe aortic valve stenosis in high-risk patients who refuse the use of allogeneic blood and blood products.
authors: German Heart Institute Berlin, Berlin, Germany. buz@dhzb.de
authors: Semih
authors: S
authors: Buz
authors: Miralem
authors: M
authors: Pasic
authors: Axel
authors: A
authors: Unbehaun
authors: Roland
authors: R
authors: Hetzer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D057668:Bloodless Medical and Surgical Procedures; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D005260:Female; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D033221:Jehovah's Witnesses; D008297:Male; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016312:Treatment Refusal