Coronary artery disease liberal versus restrictive transfusion thresholds for patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease

American Heart Journal

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Carson, Jeffrey L ^a   Brooks, Maria Mori ^b   Abbott, J Dawn ^c   Chaitman, Bernard ^d   Kelsey, Sheryl F ^b   Triulzi, Darrell J ^e   Srinivas, Vankeepuram ^f   Menegus, Mark A ^f   Marroquin, Oscar C ^e   Rao, Sunil V ^g   Noveck, Helaine ^a   Passano, Elizabeth ^b   Hardison, Regina M ^b   Smitherman, Thomas ^e   Vagaonescu, Tudor ^a   Wimmer, Neil J ^h   Williams, David O ^h  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; BLOOD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880051465     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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