Blood transfusions can be life saving for people with anemia following a heart attack, reveals a study published in NEJM Evidence. The researchers found out that anemia patients who received more blood transfusions showed a slightly reduced risk of death within six months of the heart attack, compared to those who received less of it.
“The results of this analysis show that giving more blood to anemic patients with heart attacks can save lives at six months,” lead researcher Dr. Jeffrey Carson, chair of general internal medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, said in a news release.
