Coronary Stent Placement as a Bridge to Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery in an Unstable, Anemic Jehovah's Witness Patient: A Case Report and Review of Bloodless Surgery Techniques

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 195-199

  Dougherty, James E ^a,b   Gallagher, Robert C ^a,b,c   Hirst, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Rinaldi, Michael J ^a,b   Biskup, Joan M ^a   Chamberlain, Robert D ^d   Waters, David ^a,b  

^a HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Surgery ^*

^d SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; RELIGION; REVIEW; STENT; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANEMIA; ANGINA, UNSTABLE; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; CHRISTIANITY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY VESSELS; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; STENTS;

EID: 0031112887     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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