Anemia, transfusion, and outcome: Both are bad…does it really matter which is worse?

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Gaetano Paone. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2018 Jul.

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. 2018 Jul;156(1):75-76.

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.03.051. Epub 2018 Mar 26.

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Mich. Electronic address: gpaone1@comcast.net.

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Preoperative anemia versus blood transfusion: Which is the culprit for worse outcomes in cardiac surgery?
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