What is it about?

Chronic anemia may deter physicians from taking patients with myocardial infarction to the cath lab due to an exaggerated fear of increased bleeding or death in the hospital or early after discharge. We studied how anemia really affected the outccomes of these patients.

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Why is it important?

Avoidance of coronary intervention in these patients may confer them to an increased risk of early death.

Perspectives

Our study shows that chronic moderate or severe anemia in patients with myocardial infarction undergoing coronary balloon dilatation or stent placement is associated with a substantially increased risk of bleeding in the first 6 months. However, rates of mortality and recurrent myocardial infarction were not increased.

Shaul Atar

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This page is a summary of: Clinical outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndrome and moderate or severe chronic anaemia undergoing coronary angiography or intervention, European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care, May 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2048872617707959.
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