Redo cardiac surgery in a Jehovah's Witness, the importance of a multidisciplinary approach to blood conservation

Perfusion

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 251-255

  Jovanovic, S ^a   Hansbro, S D ^a   Munsch, C M ^a   Cross, M H ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD STORAGE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGIOUS GROUP;

EID: 0034069638     PISSN: 02676591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026765910001500311     Document Type: Article

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