a) If a berry aneurysm has been treated by interventional radiology or surgery (without the use of dural grafting, or after 1992 in the UK) and the person has not had a stroke or suffered neurological deficit, accept.
b) If an incidental heart murmur has been heard or a valve abnormality has been found at echo, which is asymptomatic and does not require follow up, accept
c) If asymptomatic and there is no treatment planned for Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO), accept
d) If a congenital heart defect has been treated medically or surgically, cure has been achieved (or the defect has spontaneously resolved) and donation is not excluded because of a transfusion history, accept
e) If the donor has been diagnosed with Right Bundle Branch Block (RBBB), and the donor has been clinically assessed and found to have no evidence of cardiac or pulmonary disease, accept.
f) If the donor has been diagnosed with First Degree Heart Block, and the donor has been clinically assessed and found to have no evidence of cardiac disease, accept for whole blood donation.
g) If the donor has been found to have coronary atheroma as an incidental finding during routine investigations and:
- the donor is not on secondary preventative treatment with antiplatelet agents (e.g. aspirin) and/or cholesterol lowering medication, and
- there is no history of chest pain or other cardiac symptoms,
accept. |