Conservative versus liberal red cell transfusion in acute myocardial infarction (the CRIT Randomized Pilot Study)

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1108-1111

  Cooper, Howard A ^a   Rao, Sunil V ^b   Greenberg, Michael D ^c   Rumsey, Maria P ^a   McKenzie, Marcus ^a   Alcorn, Kirsten W ^a   Panza, Julio A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DEATH; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054007979     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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