Relationship of blood transfusion and clinical outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes.

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Published in JAMA on October 06, 2004

Authors

Sunil V Rao1, James G Jollis, Robert A Harrington, Christopher B Granger, L Kristin Newby, Paul W Armstrong, David J Moliterno, Lauren Lindblad, Karen Pieper, Eric J Topol, Jonathan S Stamler, Robert M Califf

Author Affiliations

1: Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC 27715, USA. sunil.rao@duke.edu

Associated clinical trials:

S-Nitrosylation (SNO) Therapy During Autologous Blood Transfusion | NCT03999229

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