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Ann Thorac Surg 1993;55:1233-1235
© 1993 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Massive descending thoracic aneurysm in a Jehovah's witness: Treatment by thromboexclusion

Stephen Westaby, FRCS*, Andrew J. Parry, FRCS, Feier Lamont, FRCS, Catherine Grebenik, MD

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Oxford Heart Centre, Oxford, England

Accepted for publication June 19, 1992.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Westaby, Oxford Heart Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, England.

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.




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