Outcomes Of Restrictive Versus Liberal Blood Transfusion in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Anemia: An Updated Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Am J Cardiol. 2024 Feb 1:212:48-50. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.11.057. Epub 2023 Nov 30.

Authors

Abiodun Idowu¹, Kevin Lo², Olayinka Adebolu³, Festus Ibe³, Mohammad Al-Madani⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: Abiodun.idowu@jefferson.edu.
² Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Division of Interventional Cardiology, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 38042271
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.11.057

No abstract available

Keywords: acute myocardial infarction; anemia; transfusion.

MeSH terms

Anemia* / therapy
Blood Transfusion
Hemoglobins / analysis
Humans
Myocardial Infarction* / therapy
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic

Substances

Hemoglobins