Heart-Failing Jehovah's Witness Patient Successfully Treated by Minimally Invasive LVAD Implantation without Any Blood Transfusions
Abstract Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation without the use of any blood products is considered as a challenge. We present a 48-year-old patient (175 cm, 75 kg, body mass index 24.5 kg/m2) who was admitted to our clinic due to end-stage heart failure. The patient is a Jehovah's...
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| author | Jasmin S. Hanke Murat Avsar Axel Haverich Jan D. Schmitto |
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Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation without the use of any blood products is considered as a challenge. We present a 48-year-old patient (175 cm, 75 kg, body mass index 24.5 kg/m2) who was admitted to our clinic due to end-stage heart failure. The patient is a Jehovah's witness. He declined full blood transfusion as well as use of coagulation factors. Therefore, we interdisciplinary decided to implant an LVAD via minimally invasive technique. The patient experienced an uneventful intrahospital stay and was successfully discharged home on his 17th postoperative day, proving that LVAD implantation without blood transfusions is possible by using a minimally invasive technique. This benefits not only Jehovah's witness patients, but also all patients in need of an LVAD. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6bdb5cdab4e84f4296405b6d3e8173232022-12-21T23:42:32ZengGeorg Thieme Verlag KGThe Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports2194-76352194-76432015-10-01040102102410.1055/s-0035-1564614Heart-Failing Jehovah's Witness Patient Successfully Treated by Minimally Invasive LVAD Implantation without Any Blood TransfusionsJasmin S. Hanke0Murat Avsar1Axel Haverich2Jan D. Schmitto3Department of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, GermanyDepartment of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, GermanyDepartment of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, GermanyDepartment of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, GermanyAbstract Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation without the use of any blood products is considered as a challenge. We present a 48-year-old patient (175 cm, 75 kg, body mass index 24.5 kg/m2) who was admitted to our clinic due to end-stage heart failure. The patient is a Jehovah's witness. He declined full blood transfusion as well as use of coagulation factors. Therefore, we interdisciplinary decided to implant an LVAD via minimally invasive technique. The patient experienced an uneventful intrahospital stay and was successfully discharged home on his 17th postoperative day, proving that LVAD implantation without blood transfusions is possible by using a minimally invasive technique. This benefits not only Jehovah's witness patients, but also all patients in need of an LVAD.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0035-1564614minimally invasivelvadleft ventricular assist devicejehovah's witness |
| spellingShingle | Jasmin S. Hanke Murat Avsar Axel Haverich Jan D. Schmitto Heart-Failing Jehovah's Witness Patient Successfully Treated by Minimally Invasive LVAD Implantation without Any Blood Transfusions The Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports minimally invasive lvad left ventricular assist device jehovah's witness |
| title | Heart-Failing Jehovah's Witness Patient Successfully Treated by Minimally Invasive LVAD Implantation without Any Blood Transfusions |
| title_full | Heart-Failing Jehovah's Witness Patient Successfully Treated by Minimally Invasive LVAD Implantation without Any Blood Transfusions |
| title_fullStr | Heart-Failing Jehovah's Witness Patient Successfully Treated by Minimally Invasive LVAD Implantation without Any Blood Transfusions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Heart-Failing Jehovah's Witness Patient Successfully Treated by Minimally Invasive LVAD Implantation without Any Blood Transfusions |
| title_short | Heart-Failing Jehovah's Witness Patient Successfully Treated by Minimally Invasive LVAD Implantation without Any Blood Transfusions |
| title_sort | heart failing jehovah s witness patient successfully treated by minimally invasive lvad implantation without any blood transfusions |
| topic | minimally invasive lvad left ventricular assist device jehovah's witness |
| url | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0035-1564614 |
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