Off-pump coronary artery bypass graft without systemic heparin in a Jehovah Witness patient

Lester Garcia; Aharon Avramovich; Gian Paparcuri; Riny Karras; Tomas A Salerno

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01235.x

Off-pump coronary artery bypass graft without systemic heparin in a Jehovah Witness patient

J Card Surg. 2011 May;26(3):282-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01235.x. Epub 2011 Mar 28.

Authors

Lester Garcia¹, Aharon Avramovich, Gian Paparcuri, Riny Karras, Tomas A Salerno

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA.

PMID: 21443737
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01235.x

Abstract

A Jehovah Witness patient with renal failure on dialysis, with low hemoglobin, underwent urgent off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting without systemic heparinization. The pros, cons, and details of the technique used are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anticoagulants / administration & dosage
Contraindications
Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / ethics
Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / methods*
Follow-Up Studies
Heparin* / administration & dosage
Humans
Injections, Intravenous / ethics
Jehovah's Witnesses*
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / psychology
Myocardial Infarction / surgery*

Substances

Anticoagulants
Heparin