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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 55, 1233-1235, Copyright © 1993 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Massive descending thoracic aneurysm in a Jehovah's witness: treatment by thromboexclusion

S Westaby, AJ Parry, P Lamont and C Grebenik
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Oxford Heart Centre, England.

The thromboexclusion technique was used to treat a massive thoracic aneurysm in a Jehovah's witness. Preoperative erythropoietin therapy was used. At operation a Hemashield graft was used to bypass the aneurysm before the mouth was stapled closed. The hemoglobin level fell from 13.5 to 10.6 g/dL.

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