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Short and long-term outcomes after cardiac surgery in Jehovah’s Witnesses patients: a case–control study

Abstract Cardiac surgery in Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW) patients who refuse blood transfusion is challenging requiring dedicated strategies. We aimed to analyze non-selected JW patients undergoing cardiac surgery and to compare..

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Short-term outcome of cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass in patients who refuse transfusion: a controlled study

Abstract BACKGROUND: Although bloodless cardiac surgery has been successfully performed for many years, studies with controls permitting transfusion are few and their results inconclusive. This study compares the outcome of..

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