Outcomes from cardiac surgery in Jehovah's witness patients: Experience over twenty-one years

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Marinakis, Sotirios ^a,b   Van der Linden, Philippe ^a,b   Tortora, Redente ^a,b   Massaut, Jacques ^a,b   Pierrakos, Charalampos ^a,b   Wauthy, Pierre ^a,b  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Blood transfusion; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Cell saver; Reoperation

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; JEHOVAH'S WITNESS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BELGIUM; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84963613053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13019-016-0455-6     Document Type: Article

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