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Restrictive or Liberal Transfusion Strategy in Myocardial Infarction and Anemia (MINT Trial)

Background: Concurrent anemia worsens outcomes in patients that present with acute myocardial infarctions. Transfusions increase the oxygen carrying capacity of blood which can improve the perfusion of at-risk cardiac tissue. However, transfusions are also associated with immunosuppression, thrombotic phenomena, volume …

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CardiovascularHematology and Oncology

The REALITY Trial: Restrictive vs Liberal Blood Transfusion in Patients with AMI and Anemia

Background: Transfusion thresholds for anemia have large variations in clinical practice.  This is especially true in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).  Part of the reason for this is the lack of high-quality data.  There was a large, randomized trial …

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Cardiovascular

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