Association Between Red Blood Cell Transfusion and Clinical Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
CONCLUSIONS: PRBC transfusion in patients undergoing TAVR is associated with an increased incidence of adverse outcomes during hospitalization, at 30-day and 1-year follow-up.
PMID: 30552884 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Apostolidou E, Aronow HD, Beale CE, Kolte D, Kennedy KF, Sellke FW, Gordon PC, Sharaf B, Ehsan A Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research
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