Acute coronary syndromes: Blood transfusion in patients with acute MI and anaemia

Nature Reviews Cardiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 186-187

  Sherwood, Matthew W ^a   Rao, Sunil V ^a  

^a DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875519687     PISSN: 17595002     EISSN: 17595010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrcardio.2013.14     Document Type: Article

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