In patients requiring left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support, it can be difficult to ascertain suitability for long-term mechanical support with LVAD and eventual transplantation.
BACKGROUND: Blood platelets release a cocktail of growth factors when activated, some of which are thought to initiate and stimulate repair. EXPERIMENT […]
We successfully performed the thoracic and cardiovascular operations on Jehovah's Witnesses, including emergency cases, safely without blood transfusion.