Effects of Blood Transfusion on Cause-Specific Late Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting—Less Is More

Background Red blood cell transfusion after coronary artery bypass graft surgery has been associated with increased late all-cause death. Yet, whether this association is, first, independent of the packed red blood cells and perioperative morbidity association, and second, of a cardiac versus noncar...

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