Red blood cell transfusion and mortality among patients hospitalized for acute coronary syndromes: A systematic review

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 151-157

  Garfinkle, Michael ^a   Lawler, Patrick R ^b,c   Filion, Kristian B ^b   Eisenberg, Mark J ^a,b,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Acute myocardial infarction; Anemia; Mortality; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BLEEDING; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART INFARCTION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MEDLINE; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANEMIA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84875213993     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.12.118     Document Type: Review

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