Is old blood bad blood?

American Heart Journal

Volumn 159, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 710-712

  Rao, Sunil V ^a   Califf, Robert M ^b  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANEMIA; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EDITORIAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 77951545907     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.02.017     Document Type: Editorial

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