The Association of Perioperative Red Blood Cell Transfusions and Decreased Long-Term Survival after Cardiac Surgery
In this prospective observational study, Surgeonor and coworkers examined long-term survival for 9079 consecutive patients who received 1 or 2 RBC units during the index hospitalization for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or valve surgery (or both) from 2001-2004.
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