Left ventricular reduction in a Jehovah's Witness |
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Authors: | McMullan D M Beyer E A Gregoric I Radovancevic B Frazier O H |
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Affiliation: | Department of Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston 77225-0345, USA. |
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Abstract: | For Jehovah's Witnesses with severe heart failure, left ventricular reduction surgery may be a satisfactory alternative to cardiac transplantation. Compared with transplantation, left ventricular reduction surgery can involve less blood loss thus decreasing the need for blood-volume replacement. More importantly, left ventricular reduction surgery obviates the need for a donor organ. |
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