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Is mortality raised in patients receiving percutaneous coronary intervention if they suffer from anemia?

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boxed-textMcKechnie RS et al. (2004) Prognostic implication of anemia on in-hospital outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention. Circulation 110: 271–277

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