American Heart Journal
Volume 158, Issue 4 , Pages 653-658, October 2009

Blood transfusion for acute decompensated heart failure—friend or foe?

  • Moshe Garty, MD

      Affiliations

    • Recanati Center for Medicine and Research, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Eytan Cohen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Recanati Center for Medicine and Research, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Alexander Zuchenko, MD

      Affiliations

    • Recanati Center for Medicine and Research, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Solomon Behar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Neufeld Cardiac Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
    • ,
  • Valentina Boyko, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Neufeld Cardiac Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
    • ,
  • Zaza Iakobishvili, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • ,
  • Moshe Mittelman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Department of Medicine, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Moshe Garty, MD, Recanati Center for Medicine and Research, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqwa 49100, Israel.
    • ,
  • Alexander Battler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • ,
  • Avraham Shotan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Hillel Yaffe Medical Center, Hadera, Israel
    • ,
  • Shmuel Gottlieb, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Neufeld Cardiac Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
    • Department of Cardiology, Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Avraham Caspi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel
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  • David Hasdai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tiqwa, Israel
    • ,
  • for the Heart Failure Survey in ISrael (HFSIS) Investigators

Received 7 June 2009; accepted 6 August 2009.

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PII: S0002-8703(09)00611-5

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2009.08.001

American Heart Journal
Volume 158, Issue 4 , Pages 653-658, October 2009

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