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Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:960-961
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Marco Ricci, MDa, Tomas A. Salerno, MDa

a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Miami and the, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, 33136 USA

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This report by McMullan and coworkers deals with two important aspects of cardiac surgery, namely, major cardiac operations and reoperations and the use of partial left ventriculectomy in a Jehovah’s witness in desperate need of surgical treatment for end-stage heart disease. Major cardiac surgery in Jehovah’s witnesses carries a major risk related to the fact that, due to religious belief, these patients refuse transfusion in the face of catastrophic hemorrhage. For this reason, some surgeons are hestitant to perform major cardiac procedures in . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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