Bloodless third complex heart operation in a Jehovah's Witness patient with extremely low preoperative haemoglobin level

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2012 May;14(5):692-3. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivr092. Epub 2012 Feb 20.

Abstract

We report a successful third complex heart operation without the transfusion of any allogeneic blood or blood products in a female Jehovah's Witness patient who had pronounced preoperative anaemia with a haemoglobin value of 6.9 mg/dl. The report shows that such a procedure is possible without any transfusion of allogeneic blood or blood products in extreme conditions with a very low preoperative haemoglobin level.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anemia, Macrocytic / blood*
  • Anemia, Macrocytic / complications
  • Anemia, Macrocytic / diagnosis
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Bloodless Medical and Surgical Procedures*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Down-Regulation
  • Female
  • Heart Valve Diseases / complications
  • Heart Valve Diseases / surgery*
  • Hemoglobins / analysis*
  • Humans
  • Jehovah's Witnesses*
  • Middle Aged
  • Preoperative Period
  • Reoperation
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Hemoglobins