Safety concerns about perisurgical epoetin treatment: should we add antiplatelet drugs to perisurgical epoetin alfa treatment?

MeSH terms

• Anemia / prevention & control*
• Epoetin Alfa
• Erythropoietin / therapeutic use*
• Female
• Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
• Hematinics / therapeutic use*
• Humans
• Middle Aged
• Mitral Valve Stenosis / surgery*
• Postoperative Complications / prevention & control
• Preoperative Care / methods*
• Recombinant Proteins
• Risk Factors
• Treatment Outcome