TY  - JOUR
T1  - DO transfusions get to the heart of the matter?
AU  - Hébert PC, Fergusson DA
Y1  - 2004/10/06
N1  - 10.1001/jama.292.13.1610
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1610
EP  - 1612
VL  - 292
IS  - 13
N2  - 
Over the last half-century, it has become well recognized that patients
with cardiovascular diseases and, more specifically, ischemic heart disease
may be adversely affected by anemia. This is because the myocardium consumes
or extracts 60% to 75% of all oxygen delivered to the coronary circulation.1- 3 Such an elevated extraction
of oxygen, termed extraction ratio, is unique to the coronary circulation.
As a result, oxygen delivery to the myocardium can be augmented only by increasing
blood flow or oxygen content.1

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.292.13.1610
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.292.13.1610
ER  -